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07/31/2025

Part 1.5!

Here is a full blast of all my articles I've written so far for Insane Nerdy Culture

Enjoy!

Commander Keen: A Gaming Odyssey Background: Commander Keen is an 2D action platformer game created in the 90s. It was developed by Apogee, which was formerly 3D realms. The game followed the adventures of an eight-year-old boy genius named Billy Blazer, or called Commander Keen. The plot was develo...

07/31/2025

Part 1 of many updates! I know, we are kicking off this late, but I argue this is the best time for all the updates. It will be an official summer wrap up series!

We will review all the cool stuff I have been working on this summer, collecting, creating, or venturing in, like 2 different comic cons I attended.

First order of business, I went to Galaxy Con 2025 in OKC and then Dallas Fan Expo 2025. Galaxy Con was in May and Dallas Fan Expo was in June. I had a great time at both of them and got to see many things, as well as add to the collection.

In addition to that, I've been visiting my local Game Exchange weekly and I've picked up some cool stuff. I am the proud owner of an almost complete set of Pokemon Soul Silver. I have the game, the box with the original manual, and the poke walker. I had to get them one at a time, but they were worth it. I missed out on this game during my early college years.

I have more to share, but I'll do a plug to my writing team over at Insane Nerdy Culture. I get articles published with them and I'll do an article dump on the next post I make.

That's all I have for now. I leave you with this Pikachu I won from a claw machine place.

Stay tuned!!!

07/30/2025

We have two days left of the month and you'll get the mother of all updates tonight and throughout this week. Stay tuned!!!

07/17/2025

Late night update: we will check in with a mid summer update tomorrow! Lots of things to share that progressed throughout this summer. And lots of pictures and stories to share.

Stay tuned!!!

07/17/2025

Just nuts

YouTuber Francesco Salicini says Italian law enforcement raided his home and took 30 consoles

07/16/2025

Been quiet. But planning. A substantial flurry of updates will start beginning tonight. And throughout the rest of the month is the goal. Stay tuned!!! 🎉💥🔥

06/10/2025

At least two updates are planned this week. Stay tuned!

06/04/2025

Late night update , but it'll be worth it!
New month, new goals! That's the plan anyways. My tentative goal is 2 updates a week, and 3 substantial completed projects or at least the first chapter or part of a project by the end of this month.

Things will start to change as my work has me going through some other training and it might pull me away from work on projects, but I'll do my best to stay on task and see what I can do.

Other notes:
Facebook groups: these are mainly Cosmic Nerds of the Galaxy and the Stillwater Area Blaster Society. One is an international group, the other is local. My mini goals are to have content going all month long with posts, videos, memes, and info on events to keep things fresh.

Website: I will take more time to piece this together. I think the best way to practice is to make a simple portfolio site first, then expand to something else.

All projects - writing, game reviews, videos, art, and photo blogs - they will all be posted and there will be a steady stream of posts on here and others.

My Instagram, will also be active. Check that for more photos.

Also random plug, but check out my friends over at Insane Nerdy Culture for more game reviews.

That's all I got for now. Here's a sneak peek of a full photo blog from my comic con adventures back near the end of May this year.

06/02/2025

...... And we return to our regular scheduled programming with an update TOMORROW!! Starting fresh in a new month, and a new week. Stay tuned!!!

05/28/2025

Update later today.

05/19/2025

Here's my latest article from Insane Nerdy Culture

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Nightdive Studios are a company that specializes in making remasters of favorite games of the past. Let's dive in and discuss.

05/19/2025

Hello Internet world! By popular demand, here's your late night update!

1. Writing projects -working on book 1, the anthology, and the side story, Cosmic Gunslingers of the Eons War universe. I have focused more on Gunslingers first, as it is the most developed, and I'm working on an epic fight scene with the full team fighting off Obscuro. There will be more like this as the story progresses.

2. Website- this is project 2 in this phase of projects. I think the best strategy is to work on one section at a time. The first will be establishing just the basic bio, contact info, and working on what I can offer or my experience. And the end goal is to split it between 2 sites. One is the full creative one and the other is the professional one for future paid gigs or consulting.

3. The power trio of exercises. To build on my foundation again, I'm going to go back to the three main things that have helped me spark creativity: drawing, writing, and creating/building. These three elements help me start every project on a solid footing and go from there. For example, everything I write can be storyboarded with sketches. And sketches can have extensive outlines written about what each detail is. Building things is good to get my hands on any material I can to get the creative juices working again.

4. Other/ all passive projects- podcasts, game development, and everything else that isn't listed is not canceled but is not the main focus right now. I am working on the first two projects listed here, but I will slowly work in more ambitious projects when I can. This also includes passive updates to my game reviews with Insane Nerdy Culture , and my Facebook group, Cosmic Nerds of the Galaxy. This also includes any loot hauls.

That's all I have for now. Here's a parting shot of my latest haul.

Stay tuned!