Blog entries by Taleweaver

Intro: So...I've skipped this last year as our little one took so much time that I barely had anything worth playing (let alone rambling about). But with her being a bit older (aww...she can somewhat waddle Kirby around in Epic yarn :) ) and the steam deck releasing, I've gotten quite a line-up...
Taleweaver
Views
406
Reaction score
1
Comments
1
Personal Blogs
Introduction: Somewhat in the autumn of last year I started going to a board game club. We play a new board game nearly every time, and since I often try to squeeze in some board game in my local circle (girlfriend, family, friends), that amount tends to grow a bit. I've compiled a list of...
Taleweaver
Views
352
Reaction score
4
Personal Blogs
I've yapped about the steam deck earlier in blog posts (link to the earlier entries: here). This'll be my last entry, as I feel I would start to repeat myself otherwise. Because TL;DR: it's AWESOME!!! Intro: Babel's tower Since I was little, I wanted to have all video games. We traded game boy...
Taleweaver
Views
527
Reaction score
4
Comments
7
Personal Blogs
... I'e been at home since june 20th. So my tenth (9.9 to be precise) day away from work. I'm not fine. Not at all. I'm having anxiety attacks and moments of anger. I'm scared, inecured and have moments I just want it all to be over (as in: everything. As in: my life). I've been trying to stay...
Taleweaver
Views
345
Reaction score
1
Personal Blogs
(previous entries: 1: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/valve-steam-deck-review-part-one-prior-to-arrival.18904/ 2: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/valve-steam-deck-review-part-one-prior-to-arrival.18904/) Intro: The more I play, the more I realize why the switch is a success: the ability to quickly start...
Taleweaver
Views
274
Reaction score
2
Personal Blogs
(note: part 1 here) Intro: So there I was...commuting without the steam deck for the last time. Then cycling the last part home. And yes! The package was right there on the table: ISLEBOUND!!! :D Oh...wait. I meant that OTHER package that arrived on the same day (seriously, though: Ryan...
Taleweaver
Views
264
Reaction score
1
Personal Blogs
Intro: It's been a long time since I was hyped by something new in tech. I never preordered a game, always went with at best an average computer and lost my excitement of ever-increasing clock speed somewhere early 00'ties (windows millenium is partially to blame). I looked forward to the...
Taleweaver
Views
349
Reaction score
1
Comments
4
Personal Blogs
Yup... Just after two years (and three vaccinations), I'm testing positive for covid - 19. :( Girlfriend works in the hospital. Despite that they still use masks, it's fairly certain she brought it home last Friday. She wasn't well in the weekend, but only went to the doctor on Monday. I was...
Taleweaver
Views
253
Reaction score
2
Personal Blogs
INTRO This rant is triggered by - of course - someone being wrong on the internet. Namely that windows is the standard whereas linux is at best a nerdy underdog alternative. It's really not. I guess I don't have to point out that linux started out as a hobby project that just grew by the merit...
Prenote: I accidentally created this as a new blog instead of an entry. So...I guess it was already visible since last october, but it was somewhere completely different. Take note: it's no longer applicable (I think). -- (note: rant coming up. Feel free to skip) Ugh...in Belgium, we've had...
Taleweaver
Views
198
Reaction score
1
Personal Blogs
INTRO I've blogged a few times on how girlfriend and me bought a house on the very end of 2018, moved in in april 2019 and then started some pretty extensive house renovations. That is: 2 chimneys and a wall went down, digged 40 cm into the ground in the downstairs corridor, extended kitchen...
Taleweaver
Views
370
Reaction score
5
Comments
12
Personal Blogs
Yup: as the title says: this afternoon I got my first vaccination shot. Fucking FINALLY!!! :D On a rational scale, I can't complain. Just over 52-55% of Belgian adults are now vaccinated, so my wait isn't unusual. still: it wasn't fun seeing the treshold of 50% pass and not thinking that I'm...
I remember when some gbatempers acted as if Trump had all the rights of God on earth because he won the election in 2016. "Criminal behavior? Naaah...you're just jealous because you lost the election". Everyone on the political left of them (meaning: most of the rest of the planet) were just...
Taleweaver
Views
188
Reaction score
1
Comments
8
Personal Blogs
March 8 has been my birthday for as long as I can remember. Probably since I was born, in fact. Today's my 40th. And unfortunately, it's not like the day is having a great start. About two weeks ago It was just a normal evening. Girlfriend hit the shower, doggy was sleeping on the couch and...
Taleweaver
Views
189
Reaction score
3
Comments
2
Personal Blogs
Hi, I'm Taleweaver. Long term opinionated guy on gbatemp ever since hanging around slightly longer than "just here to find out how to haxxor my wii". Also a (hopefully former) addict to humble bundles. Those of you who frequent the giving/trading area(1) probably know me as "that guy with far...
Taleweaver
Views
288
Reaction score
4
Comments
10
Personal Blogs
So...nephew and niece came over for (after)Christmas. Ages respectively 4 and 6. We played Mario kart 8 on the wiiu. Or at least attempted. Honk if this sounds familiar... Me: *hands controller over to everyone* Me: okay...let's start a race. Just some basic options (*selects multiplayer, grand...
I've just read Fear, by Bob Woodward. It was available in my library, and an actual book, in Dutch, is still more convenient to read than e-books. It's an interesting read. On Trump I've read The fifth risk (by Lewis), A very stable genius (by Leonnig & Rucker) and Game theory in the age of...
Taleweaver
Views
453
Reaction score
2
Comments
4
Personal Blogs
So before all hell broke lose early this year, I thought it’d be a good idea to take a look back at not just the a list of my favorite games of the past ten years but to list up ALL my favorite games. But as soon as I started inventarising, I realised it’d be an impossible task. There is no...
Taleweaver
Views
313
Reaction score
1
Comments
6
Personal Blogs
Introduction: Yup...the yearly tradition no one's waiting for is upon us again: my yearly rundown of my favorite games I've played this year. Despite this weird year, I really haven't played more games than otherwise. Three reasons compensate for my extra free time: 1) since 17th of January I'm...
General chit-chat
Help Users
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Hope they made lots of spaget
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Chill dog
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Chilli dog
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    Damn, I'm loving the new zelda.
  • xtremegamer @ xtremegamer:
    loving the new zelda, i started a game, it was so fucking good, so i
    am waiting on my friend to get home so we can start a new one together
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    I just dislike that they don't let me choose the voices before the game starts. Happened with botw as well, had to change to japanese and restart.
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    But the important question is can you choose gender
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    Same way you can choose Gerald's gender.
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    *Geralt, damn autocorrect.
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    But can he be trans? Lol
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Zelda transforms into link
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Link I'm not the princess your looking for.... *Pulls a crying game*
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    *skirt up* it's exactly what I always wanted
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    Just scanned all my zelda amiibos, took a while but didn't get anything that cool, did get the lon lon ranch hylian fabrics though.
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    It was pretty funny when I scanned wolf link and got a shit load of meat.
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    @Skelletonike, btw I ran that custom for mgs4 on the deck I'm amazed it got that far in game
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Plug in*
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Your favorite activity
  • BentlyMods @ BentlyMods:
    My fav actvity is:

    mario-dancing.gif
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Do the Mario lol
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    🍑
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Whoever developed Bramble was smoking that good shit fucking gnomes
    K3N1 @ K3N1: Whoever developed Bramble was smoking that good shit fucking gnomes