Video Games Archives - Joshua Kennon

Mar302025

Raising Kids to Have an Analogue Childhood in a Digital World

Interior Design, My Day In Pictures, Video GamesBy Joshua Kennon March 30, 2025 9 Comments

One of the questions I get constantly, both in-person and online, is how we went about arranging our household once we became parents. We put so much thought into it, and it’s clearly of interest to folks, that I thought I’d take a moment over my morning coffee and write a brief high-level overview of how we approached this if only for a quick reference guide in the hope it is helpful to someone. It’s also partly my way of paying it forward since both Aaron and I were, and remain, so grateful for the other parents who shared suggestions, ideas, and recommendations about the journey we were about to undertake.

Feb222025

Beating the Original Legend of Zelda with the Kids, Apple Now Allows You To Merge Your Old iTunes Accounts, the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter Was Released, and More

Music, My Life, Video GamesBy Joshua Kennon February 22, 2025 1 Comment

The Legend of Zelda, the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter, technology upgrades … all the making of an excellent weekend.

Nov212021

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Nintendo’s Metroid Dread Blows Out Franchise Sales Figures

Video GamesBy Joshua Kennon November 21, 2021 Leave a comment

After a long period of neglect, Nintendo launched Metroid Dread, a return to the classic side-scroller model for the legendary franchise. Developed by Spanish video game studio MercurySteam, the sales figures are extraordinary.

Dec272020

Waking Up to Aaron's Chocolate Chip Cookies with Guittard Chocolate

A Wonderful Christmas in a Strange and Unusual Year

Book Recommendations, Food and Beverages, My Day In Pictures, Television, Video GamesBy Joshua Kennon December 27, 2020 Leave a comment

Merry Christmas! I hope all of you are doing well and that your celebrations were filled with happiness, laughter, and good food! For our part, this year marked the 20th Christmas that Aaron and I have spent together. Like every one of those other Christmases, it was one of the best days of my life (despite the unusual circumstances and challenges this year has brought). We decided that with the world feeling so uncertain, and the need to remain socially distanced from others, it would be the perfect opportunity to stay home, wear knitted sweaters and jeans, and enjoy a classic early-to-mid twentieth century dinner; pure, old-school comfort food that envoked a sense of warmth and safety, friends and family, prosperity and peace.

Jun282020

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim “Ultimate Vinyl Edition” 4 LP Box Set “Sweet Roll” Variant by SpaceLab9

Cool Stuff, Music, Video GamesBy Joshua Kennon June 28, 2020 Leave a comment

We recently discovered that in 2017, the SpaceLab9 booth at New York Comic Con sold an extremely limited edition Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Ultimate Vinyl collection etched to look like the famous sweet rolls from the game. The collection, which was limited to only 95 copies, contains the full 52-tracks found in the game. The moment we learned it existed, we knew we had to have it. After some searching, in June 2020 we were able to track down one of those boxed sets. We immediately bought it for our music collection.

May132020

Unreal Engine 5 Has Been Revealed (and Other Thoughts and Updates)

Video GamesBy Joshua Kennon May 13, 2020 Leave a comment

Unreal Engine 5 – one of the big video game development engines upon which the modern gaming industry is built – has been revealed. It looks spectacular. This is going to allow much smaller studios to develop titles that would have only been possible with far higher budgets and resources only a few years ago.

Jun92015

Here’s What Happened While I Was Away …

Food and Beverages, Gardening, My Day In Pictures, Video GamesBy Joshua Kennon June 9, 2015 19 Comments

With so much of my time spent away from the site in the past 4-6 weeks, I thought I’d give a “here’s roughly what’s been going on” round-up. I had intended for a lot of this to turn into their own stand-alone posts but this will be faster.

Aug272014

I Have to Work Late Because I Played Tales of Xillia 2 All Day …

Food and Beverages, Video GamesBy Joshua Kennon August 27, 2014 8 Comments

I had so much work to do today, but I’m going to be up all night finishing it because I … uh … may have spent six or seven hours playing Tales of Xillia 2, which was released last week. When I woke up, I just didn’t feel like going anywhere or doing anything so I threw on comfortable clothes, grabbed a cup of coffee, made myself a plate of white cheddar, honey, and golden raisins on baguette slices, paired it with a big glass of milk, and went to the living room to lose myself in the world of Rieze Maxia and Elympios.

Jul32014

I Won My First Two Deity Victories in Civilization V

Video GamesBy Joshua Kennon July 3, 2014 9 Comments

On June 26, 2014, I beat my first Deity game in Civ 5. I decided to play a Highland map surrounded by mountains, huge, with maximum city states. Luck of the draw pitted me against Genghis Khan, who was never able to march an army to my capital in time due to the long, almost impassible mountains that stood between us.

Jul32014

Kennon Logistics Is Off to a Rough Start

Video GamesBy Joshua Kennon July 3, 2014 1 Comment

My niece and nephew were over at the house a couple of days ago and I ended up playing Eurotruck Simulator 2 with them as I had picked it up during one of the past Steam sales. In it, you want to start a freight company but you have no money so you take driving jobs. As you amass capital, you establish your own trucking business, setup a headquarters, acquire new equipment, and increase profits. You can even program your radio to play your own mp3 files.