Loyd Case

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Name: Loyd Case
Date registered: July 24, 2009
URL: http://www.improbableinsights.com

Latest posts

  1. Kublacon: Board Games, with Dollop of RPG on the Side — May 31, 2011
  2. Quick Gaming Hits — May 26, 2011
  3. Recent Articles — February 18, 2011
  4. A Workout to Remember — February 12, 2011
  5. William Gibson was a Prophet — December 9, 2010

Most commented posts

  1. Nuclear Weapons, Technology and the Optimistic Author — 32 comments
  2. What’s Going on with HP Printers? — 28 comments
  3. ATI, Eyefinity and Three Displays — 28 comments
  4. Do You Need a Sound Card? — 22 comments
  5. The Windows 7 Backlash Begins — 22 comments

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May
31

Kublacon: Board Games, with Dollop of RPG on the Side

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Arkham Horror by Fantasy Flight Games

For the past few years, I’ve made a pilgrimage of sorts to Kublacon, a local tabletop gaming convention that runs over Memorial Day weekend. This year was no different, except that I managed to get in even more gaming than usual. Most of the weekend was spent immersed in board games, but also had some …

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Tags: board games, Gaming, Kublacon, RPG

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May
26

Quick Gaming Hits

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Relic’s Space Marine (four player co-op Warhammer 40K game) is available for pre-order on Steam for $44.99 ($5 off the launch price.) It will include a copy of the Blood Ravens DLC. Note that it’s not actually shipping until September. Been playing some Brink. It’s actually pretty good, surprisingly good given all the negativity surrounding …

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Tags: games, PC

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Feb
18

Recent Articles

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Not much time today for a lengthy post, but here’s some stuff I’ve written for a couple of different publications recently. My roundup of DirectX11 graphics cards appeared recently in Maximum PC and also at Maximum PC Online. In addition to the roundup, which was actually written in December, I wrote reviews of several of …

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Feb
12

A Workout to Remember

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It’s a warm spring afternoon in 1979. Well, it’s a warm spring afternoon in Bellingham, Washington, which means it’s mostly sunny and around 62 degrees (F). I’ve just wrapped up my final varsity track season. I was always a middling-average runner, the seventh guy on the cross country team. Being the guy who could only …

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Tags: nostalgia, Running, workouts

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Dec
09

William Gibson was a Prophet

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The headline in the San Jose Mercury was stark: “Hackers Instigate Internet Warfare” We’re not quite to the era where hackers jack into their decks, creating avatars that cruise the net doing battle with rogue AIs. But given the nature of what’s going on these days, the lack of direct neural interfaces is a minor …

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Tags: 4chan, Assange, cyberpunk, Gibson, Neuromancer, Wikileaks

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Dec
06

The Tension Between Marketing and Reviewers

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I write a lot of product reviews. It’s part of what I do for a living. Product reviews require a lot of upfront work, including testing and analysis, and it’s not necessarily a cost effective way to make a living. My bread and butter lies elsewhere, but I continue to write reviews. It’s through the …

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Tags: Hardware, Marketing, PR, Reviews, Writing

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Dec
02

Where are the PC Science Fiction RPGs?

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Of all the electronic gaming genres on the computer, RPGs are easily my favorite. While I can get sucked into a first person shooter, and have lost countless hours on all the various iterations of Civilization, it’s RPGs that grab me the most. I recently wrapped up Fallout: New Vegas, and may dive into the …

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Tags: Gaming, RPGs, SF

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Dec
01

Two Case Daughters and Their Tech

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Elizabeth Case, D90 in Hand

“Dad, I need a Blackberry.” So the conversation with my oldest daughter began. This happened in late October, just after Elizabeth began a gig as a reporter for the Daily Bruin, UCLA’s well-regarded daily student-run newspaper. Until then, she’d never been interested in a smartphone of any type – in fact, she actively avoided them. …

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Tags: daughters, Elizabeth, Emily, millenials, tech

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Nov
30

Recent Articles

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I’ve been a busy boy. Not that you could tell from this blog. The reason this blog isn’t updated as frequently as I’d like is because I’ve been busy writing for other sites and publications. Most of my work these days appears in Maximum PC or PC World (online). I’ve also got a twice-monthly column …

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Oct
29

Morning Ride

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I pull the Giant OCR1 off the rack, attach the iPhone case to the handlebars. After checking the tire pressure, I pump both tires up to about 105PSI. After snapping in the frame pump, I jump on the bike and head out. It’s about 8AM, but it’s the end of October, and the sun hasn’t …

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Tags: Bicycling

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