Fez

Last week, I opened up platformer with a twist, Fez to give it a whirl, having gotten it free from Epic.  I normally am not one for playing platformers on PC, but free certainly beats $13 for it on PS4 so…yeah, PC it is LOL I’d gotten curious about Fez […]


Keeping Active User Logged In in ZF3

With all of our Zend Framework 2 apps, our users can stay logged in as long as they are active – as determined by them essentially hitting pages within the app.  If they stopped navigating around, the system would time them out after X amount of time (usually 20 minutes, […]


Eastshade

Eastshade is an open-world exploration/adventure game from indie studio Eastshade Studios and available via Steam.  The company describes the game thusly: You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make […]


Firewatch

In addition to several console games, I was gifted a couple of games from my wish list on Steam for my birthday.  One of those was Firewatch, a first-person mystery released in 2016 by Campo Santo and Panic.  So as usual, let’s start with what Steam says: The year is […]


2019 Goals: 1st Quarter Progress

I decided this year to switch from monthly goal updates to quarterly ones.  I’d done similar with another set of goals I have and found it pretty helpful, so let’s see how it goes here 🙂 The quarter started off with losing my big love machine, Blue, to rapid onset […]


Review: Oishi Sushi

My partner and I decided to try Oishi Sushi for lunch today as we’re always excited to try new Asian restaurants. The most important part of any restaurant is, of course, the food, so let’s start there. They have a pretty extensive menu, including a good selection of sushi, rolls, […]