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  • Split Slate and Fiction

    A little bit of gaming, and a little bit of DIY. The dry stone walling workshop at Quince Honey Farm was fun, and though the stones were heavy, the detail was light. The most important messages I took away were to just give it a try. And backfill. Lots of backfill. In this context it’s…

  • Reading on a Deadline

    Because what better way is there to relax than a threat of impending confiscation… The Library No, I’m not talking about your Steam Library. Or your PlayStation catalogue. We are discussing brick-and-mortar (and sometimes chassis in the case of vans) libraries. I have an on-again, off-again relationship with the library system. It was a convenient…

  • Travels and (Almost) Total Solar Eclipse

    There are plenty of reasons to holiday in the Catalan capital. Sangria. Tapas. Gaudi. Xocolate. Our summer holiday was a re-do of last years washed out trip to Barcelona. Surely it couldn’t rain the entire time in August? Thankfully this time we only got an hour or so over the duration of the holiday. X…

Ordinary Decent Gamer was born out of a desire to write about games, but it has become so much more. Food, travel, DIY and more.

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  • The MST3K Special

    Where have you been my whole life? That was the predominant thought in my mind when I stumbled across the Netflix reboot of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (MST3K to its many fans). This was a series that ran for over ten years from 1988 to 1999 and pioneered the practice of riffing over bad films…

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  • Back to Basics: A PC Building Issue

    Back to Basics: A PC Building Issue It has been a while since I’ve written anything for Ordinary Decent Gamer (blame the PS4, and other exciting life events), and even longer since I’ve worked with a computer properly. And by worked properly, I’m referring to sitting on the floor with a toolkit and pieces of…

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  • The Next…I mean, Current Generation

    No, it’s not a rejected title for a Star Trek series following a group of dejected university graduates working in an outer space fast food chain with little job prospects. That was a mouthful. Instead, I’ve given in to the current generation of gaming consoles. I caved and bought a PS4. More specifically, a PS4…

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  • Making the ODG Videos: Part 2

    Continued from Part 1 back in November 2016 Work has been slightly less tiring of late, but I have not increased my writing output significantly. Even the act of setting aside time for writing is difficult to commit to. ­I’ve been writing a lot about the process behind the videos. I talked about it briefly…

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