{"id":2022,"date":"2023-12-29T23:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.royfuss.com\/royfuss\/?p=2022"},"modified":"2026-01-25T13:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:52:53","slug":"twenty-years-of-writing-words-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.royfuss.com\/royfuss\/2023\/12\/twenty-years-of-writing-words-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty Years of Writing Words on the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I created my first blog on Blogspot when I was in high school. I posted a 129 word post twenty years ago, and have not stopped. You can read it here<\/a>. In 2005, I started my website, royfuss.com, and posted there, too. I stopped posting on Blogspot in 2007, but never stopped on royfuss.com. In 2010, I started yourpersonalgamer.com, and I posted a few times there. In 2011, I shuttered the site, and merged it with royfuss.com. Some years I posted a lot; in 2004 I posted 247 times. Some years I rarely posted. However, I have made at least one blog post a year. These days I strive to write at least one post a month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who would have thought writing about Christmas presents would spark a passion in me? I got a DVD drive for my computer. I do not even have a physical media drive hooked up to my computer right now. I have the dragon statues in my basement. Sometimes I bring them out for D&D. I spent my cash on CDs and computer speakers. I have many of the CDs to this day, although they have been ripped to my phone. I have those computer speakers hooked up to my computer right now. It never occurred to me they would be twenty years old. They still work great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To mark this occasion I think I will talk about my Christmas this year. I got three books: Tress of the Emerald Sea<\/em>, C.S. Lewis Signature Classics<\/em>, and Through the Eyes of the Enemy<\/em>. I am looking forward to reading them. I got a bunch of card games. I got Uno<\/em>, Skip-Bo<\/em>, and a seven deadly sins themed card deck set. I also got an expansion for Betrayal<\/em>, Evil Reigns in the Wynter\u2019s Pale the Yuletide Tale Expansion<\/em>. I am excited to play them with friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Christmas was great. My grandma, aunt, and uncle came and we celebrated at my mom and dad\u2019s house. We ate a lot of food. We played a lot of the card game Thirteen<\/em>. We played a lot with my nephew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My four year old nephew is starting to get into video games. He has a tablet and can maneuver touchscreens fine, but the controller gives him a bit of trouble. My brother bought him a Paw Patrol<\/em> game on the switch, and it is the perfect game for him. First, he loves Paw Patrol<\/em>, and second, it is an easy game. He does not have to worry about dying; he just needs to collect golden paws and treats. He ignores the treats, while my brother and I obsess over them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He watched me finish up Super Kiwi 64<\/em> on my Steam Deck and asked if he could play. I cannot say no to him. The game is a 3D collect-a-thon platformer like many N64 games of yore. It feels really good to run, jump, and glide in the game. It is perfect for my nephew, because you cannot die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He picked up the running and jumping stuff quickly. He even taught me how to use the speed boost, which I did not know existed. However, the camera gives him a lot of grief. He is not good at timing the more tricky jumps. He liked it when I unlocked a cave for him. Also, he liked to run out-of-bounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He wanted to see another game on the Steam Deck. I showed him Costume Quest<\/em>, but he is way too young for it. He loves the trick-or-treating, and when the characters transform into their actual costumes, but he is not good at the combat. He also gets bored when I have to collect stuff to unlock more houses to trick-or-treat at. He still wants to play more, so that is a good sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During post-food naps, I played Tetris<\/em>. I am bad at it. I still cannot even get 40,000 points to unlock the Retroachievement. I still have fun with it, and it is a good game to kill a few minutes and put down. It is the perfect Steam Deck game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a joyful time filled with family. The new year is approaching, and I am working on “Games of 2023.” I stopped playing games, and I gave myself two weeks to finish it. I ended up writing the first draft in three days. So, I played five more video games, and wrote them up. I am squeezing out one more game right now for an even 50 games for this year’s installment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is going to be tight to get it posted on January 1st. I need to give it another read to edit it. I need to get updated stats for the games. I have to pick out a few more screenshots. I need to get everything loaded into WordPress. If I am a little late, please don\u2019t stone me; I played a lot of games this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s to twenty more years of blogging. I hope you had a merry Christmas, and I look forward to seeing you next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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