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Another Year, Another Post

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It has now been just over a year since my last post , I am not good at this blogging thing, am I? What better time to try again than near the end of the year. A lot has changed in the last year, although I think I might do a full-year roundup in December, meaning I have a good excuse to make sure I at least make another post this year. Recently, my time has been spent assisting with the creation and admin duties of a Discord server for Tabletop Role-playing Games. This is spurred by the fact that we are part of a community for Mystery Quest , a channel all about TTRPGs and playing different games from just the usual like Dungeons and Dragons. We wanted to create a space for people to look for games. In that time, I have played several other systems, from Call of Cthulhu to MÖRK BORG and the One Ring 2nd Edition and added many new systems to my physical and digital collections. I have also found a real passion for Blood on the Clocktower, and in the few times I have run it have thorough...
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I installed Bazzite: My Thoughts

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  I have long wished to move away from using a Windows based operating system. Over the years I have tried many Linux distros from Fedora to Ubuntu to Mint to Arch (btw). I never settled for too long on any of them although they weren't truly at fault. It's not you it's me... Fast forward to 2025, I have played some games on my newly acquired Steam Deck and as I shared in my previous blog post  my partner has been playing on it a fair bit. Meanwhile I prefer the full desktop experience, with slightly higher resolution and smoother frame rates. My day to day device is my MacBook Air, a M4 base model which is more than enough for daily use such as browsing, writing, and watching YouTube videos, and although macOS has its annoyances and quirks I have mostly enjoyed using it for my basic daily purposes. Now let's talk about my desktop. Desktop Specs: CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X RAM: 64GB DDR4 3200 Corsair Vengeance LPX GPU: Asus Radeon RX 7800 XT TUF Gaming OC Motherboard: ASRock B4...
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I Purchased a Steam Deck: My Thoughts

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Over the last six months or so, I have turned on my desktop PC probably no more than once a week. Part of the reasoning behind this lack of desktop PC use is the summer heat. The Ryzen 9 5900X CPU I have in my desktop runs like a blast furnace sometimes, and I certainly do not want the additional heat when it's already 30+ degrees Celsius. My daily driver has been a MacBook Air M4 base model instead, which has been perfect for writing notes for tabletop RPG sessions and editing the occasional bit of footage for a project that's underway. Jess, my partner, enjoys a handheld experience over a desktop or a console one. So it seemed like a good time to get a Steam Deck. This occurred after seeing my friend and co-host playing Baldur's Gate 3 on his LCD Steam Deck. I was amazed at how well it was running while plugged into a TV. Seeing this made me want to try one out too, so I purchased the 512GB OLED model. Having now been using it for the last few days, I can say that it'...
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Hello World

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Hello world, it has been a long time since I did anything in relation to this domain (dburridge.com). It's probably been even longer since I last wrote a blog post. In recent months I have been reinvigorated by writing for now two D&D campaigns. The second of the two campaigns started today as of writing and publishing this blog entry. One campaign is an online one and the second campaign is an in person one. I love playing tabletop games in person, it really adds a layer of interaction you don't get with online play, although I am lucky to have an awesome group for my online campaign, which helps a lot. What can you expect from this blog? Honestly, not too sure at the moment. I hope I can make use of it a lot more than I have ever bothered with previous iterations of my blog. My blog entries will be a mixture of nerdy things from my latest computer upgrade all the way to my passion for fantasy, writing, and all things D&D. Until next time. - Dan :)
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Thinking Ahead For 2024

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Recently, I have been putting a lot of thought into what I want to achieve in 2024. I have been working hard these last few weeks writing for my fantasy world of Aetros and planning a new campaign set in that world that I will be running soon for some friends. I have never finished a campaign as a Games Master before, and I want this new campaign to be different. But what else do I want from 2024? I have already begun trialling ideas, such as releasing a homebrew PDF on my Ko-Fi, the Skeleton Race, written in response to my changing game systems from 5th Edition D&D to Pathfinder 2nd Edition and then back to 5th Edition D&D. Aside from the first homebrew release, I want to do more. Extraordinary items, weapons, armour, one-shots, campaign settings I want to do it all! Alongside writing, I want to make art to accompany my written homebrew. I have never been comfortable with art and consider my ability to draw sub-par at best. So my goal for 2024, as we reach the end of January, ...
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4 Games That I Grew Up Playing

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I started playing Videogames from a young age, and I was lucky to have many of consoles of the time. Through trading in my old goods to buy the latest and greatest - something I regret to an extent today as I now have to spend even more money rebuilding my collection from the 90s and early 2000s. So without further ado, here are 4 Games That I Grew Up Playing. My First Love - Final Fantasy VII I fell in love with the Final Fantasy series when the first game came out in 1997. “But Burridge, Final Fantasy VII is the 7th main series game”. Yes, echoey voice, you are right. However, we did not get a Final Fantasy game in the PAL region until Final Fantasy VII’s release in 1997. We did get Final Fantasy Adventure and Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, originally titled Mystic Quest and Mystic Quest Legend respectively in the UK. I was introduced to Final Fantasy VII by my brother after he purchased it at release in 1997. After he'd finished it or got bored of it I got to have a play, and I fel...
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Final Fantasy XVI: It's Different And That's Okay

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Even though this game is titled "Final Fantasy XVI", it is not the 16th game in the overall franchise. There has yet to be a game like Final Fantasy XVI in the history of the series. Final Fantasy XVI is a departure from previous entries in nearly every aspect. It has the excellent music that Final Fantasy is always known for, mixed with action combat and a dark and gritty storyline. This Final Fantasy is also a series first for being rated 18+. For this review, I will keep my comments centred on the first couple of hours that can be played via the demo while sometimes dipping into later content from the entire game. The game's initial hours are cutscene-heavy, which can be a turn-off to some players as they'd prefer to get into the action instead of watching a movie. Final Fantasy XVI does also struggle with having a middle ground for action. It's either 0% or 100% action, with no in-between. One moment you are buying potions and enjoying the peace; the next, you...
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