Category Archives: Gaming

Review: The Legend of Zelda on Switch

Posted on September 26, 2023 by adamantyr

For Father’s Day, I got an unexpected gift, Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for the Switch. And for my birthday a month later, I received Breath of the Wild. I’ve always enjoyed The Legend of Zelda series. Back … Continue reading →

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Update: New Project!

Posted on September 20, 2022 by adamantyr

Hi, sorry for the long quiet! As we all know, 2022 didn’t turn out to be much better than the prior two years… I’ve also been mostly occupied with patching and maintaining Realms of Antiquity in hobby time. But at … Continue reading →

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Classic Addict

Posted on September 3, 2019 by adamantyr

A quick update on the CRPG… Work on the final dungeons continues, inch by inch. I got maps drawn up and I now need to populate them with monsters, treasure, transactions, and so forth. It’s slow going because I’m trying … Continue reading →

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Heating Up

Posted on August 7, 2019 by adamantyr

Finally finished up the underwater city dungeon. Two more big dungeons to go! I’m not going quite as fast as I wanted to, for a couple reasons. One, summer is now in full force and the house gets warm enough … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to Me

Posted on July 17, 2019 by adamantyr

So yesterday was my birthday… I’m now level 44. Still saving up for my epic mount though. 😉 Other than aches and pains (my knee still is bugging me) and having to diet to lose some weight (which at least … Continue reading →

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Garbage Time

Posted on September 21, 2018 by adamantyr

Despite the lack of posts, I have not been idle… After a lot of testing, I’m satisfied with my battlemap generator. I’ve populated the data table with some entries that are undefined (graphics sets in later parts of the game) … Continue reading →

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Running the Gauntlet

Posted on May 10, 2017 by adamantyr

Hi all! So I went to Fest West 2017 this year, down in Woodland, WA. It was a 3+ hour drive for me to get there, but well worth it. I met a lot of great guys and saw some … Continue reading →

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Review – Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress

Posted on December 8, 2015 by adamantyr

I’ve decided to start reviewing some classic CRPG’s I’ve played here on the blog recently. Why? Well, there are things I’ve always wanted to say about some games, and it also gives some insight into where I’m going with my … Continue reading →

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Dragon Questing…

Posted on April 28, 2015 by adamantyr

While working on my transaction stuff I’m also doing some research on the needs of the story that I’ve had on my mind for the last several years and what the engine needs to do to make it happen. But… … Continue reading →

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Cast a Deadly Spell

Posted on December 20, 2013 by adamantyr

Long long hiatus indeed… Life’s been keeping me busy lately, namely a wonderful awesome girl. 🙂 I’m turning my attention back to the CRPG… When I last left off, I was doing a lot of prep work for spell casting … Continue reading →

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