Capn Terry Sees a Cave

So there I was in Kentucky where I decided to visit Mammoth Cave. I am not sure why they call it that as there were no mammoths except for my tour guide who should lay off the brisket. 

I tied a string around my… waist… so I could find my way back out. My tour guide said that wasn’t necessary but he’s a moron so I’m happy I did it.

The cave was deep, dark, and damp just like my inner-most thoughts as I lay in bed staring at the ceiling. The dampness is due to all of the sweating.

I scratched my name into a rock about 2 hours in if anyone wants to go looking for it, they asked me to leave after I did that so I followed my string back to the entrance and off to the airport I went. 

Luckily I got to take some pictures, here is my favorite. 

Whoops,...it's 2019.

It's been awhile. The SWS is still going strong under its many changes and years later. We play PUBG and some Red Dead 2, sometimes. The camping trip is soon!

Looking forward to another year getting together to see how long we can withstand each others immediate proximity. Food, beers, and cigars are on the planner.  No longer are we "roughing it," gone is Bane, the little popup. Now we have a Airbnb house! This trip will be a change of pace, with fishing and the campsite activities are now taking a back seat. We have a day of brewery tours, instead of jumping from fishing hole to fishing hole. Gather the Growlers! Fishing and general tomfoolery the remainder.

One week and we will be heading to the house and celebrating (and withstanding each other)  another year on this annual tradition. Yay!

SWS out.

Two men enter, one man leaves...Mad Max The Video Game. One Less in the Backlog Review!

Damn it's good to be back! I haven't finished a game in months and I then, I shirk all responsibilities for a two week period and finish it. Feels good.

I love Post-Apocalypse, the failure of society and the last strings of civilization in an uncivilized world. Mad Max, Fallout, Water World, Book of Eli, The Road, and the shows that are, and something else; Revolution, Walking Dead and Falling Skies. I was excited to learn they were making a Mad Max game and guess what? It's not bad.

Another SWS camping trip in the books...CAP'N TERRY TO THE RESCUE!

The SWS trip was once again started out as a rough ordeal, as it usually is does. My 27 year old pop up is showing her age again. I finally got around to replacing and repacking my wheel bearings that were in dire need of work. Finishing the work, I seemed to have not tapped the dust cap on hard enough and needless to say, it had gone missing by the time I was to pick up Rage. Driving around I found a quick replacement and slammed that bitch on!

Rage and I quickly loaded the truck up with wood, in the pouring, you gonna get soaked rainstorm and we hit the road. That rain miraculously was not a hindrance to the rest of our weekend outing.

After a day of bad moods and no fish, everybody on the SWS camping trip finally caught something. No, not venereal disease. That first day was rough after the camp spirits were down after a day of not catching a damn thing. CAP'N TERRY TO THE RESCUE!  He searched out some new holes and new adventures for the SWS that second day. Not those kind of holes. Nearing the end of the journey for the day we found a nice bend, with fish! CAP'N TERRY threw his hook in the water and wouldn't you know it, out comes a rainbow, trout. I caught a brookie and a brown, that of which I had never caught before. Ranvier pulled a big ole sucker fish, and was the biggest catch of the weekend. Everybody was in better spirits after that.

Homebase

CAP'N TERRY

Pretty butterflies

Brook Trout

Brown Trout

Sucker...the fish, it's a suckerfish.

SWS OUT.

In the Summertime when the weather is fine...

Hello fellow SWS readers, I hope the start of the new year has treated you well. We are just around the corner of the summer season and another SWS camping/fishing trip, very soon.

Again, we will be staying at the Pikes Peak State Park, with Mr. Beer, Fire-roasted foods and some good times on the stream bank trying to catch one of those elusive fifty fish that are in that fishing hole. ;) Good times.

On the games front, we are truly lacking a good night worth of laughs and comrades, like we used too. I know we all have lives to live and not the free wheeling men of our youth. I am hoping though a game comes down the pipeline that once again brings us together like the good ole days. Fingers crossed it is Red Dead 2, but we will see.

Until the that night comes again, here's to you and the rest of the SWS in your further adventures.

SWS out.

I don't think, I have ever, played a more beautiful game than Unravel. One Less In The Backlog!

Guys, if you have a heart and love glorious visuals and, have the ability to pay attention to the small minute details, you will love this game.  Unravel is merriment and poignant.



You are Yarny,  a small little creature made from red yarn, whos' journey is to recover the memories of the past.  You use yourself, the yarn, to swing, climb, pull, tie off and proceed though the memories and recover the pieces.

Unravel is a platform puzzler, and its has some great physics puzzles.  There is still the drag this here, and it challenges you to get it there. With Unravel, there's a catch, you can only use you, yarn. The yarn is the tool that you have to complete the puzzles, when there is nothing left of you, you can't continue. Many times you have to stop and figure another approach that allows you the yarn to finish. Checkpoints have wrapped nails/screws/branches of yarn, where you refill, well, yourself.

The visuals are so great! You play in the foreground throughout your adventure and they are astounding. The backgrounds are the best when they come to the forefront without warning and simply make you stop in awe. Unravel is told by it's visuals and it's no wonder they are so great. And, I can not forget how the soundtrack tells the story just as much as the visuals do!

The game play and puzzles are challenging and mostly unique. How do you get here, where to put this, here is the piece I need?  Damn, I am out of yarn, stop back up, reassess. Once, I will admit, I did cheat and YouTube a solution. I had the answer, but the sequence I did it in was wrong. After an hour of diddling with the puzzle, you understand. Some of the puzzles are platformed, timed jumps and quick reactions. These derail my puzzle solving skills and slow the game down. BzzzztBzzzztJumpBzzzzt, CRAP! I missed the jump. Couple of tries and you get back on track. Overall the puzzles are not that complex and the solution can be seen in a few minutes of fiddling with the environment.  I will say, the set pieces where you must do the unexcepted for a wrapped creature of yarn were the most enjoyable moments of the game and I'll say just it at that. ;)

I can't state enough how quietly great this game is, many people see the the platform puzzler as a deterrent for playing all the way through the game. When I finished the game I had gotten a rare achievement, only 6% of playing Unravel got it. 6%.  The silent narrative of this game is the best part, yes, you have to play the puzzles to proceed, but the story is most endearing.  This game is played best with a driven urge to finish, uncover the story, and absorb it with some quiet self reflection.

GOOD INU.

SWS out.

New battle...field, old memories. One Less In The Backlog Review!

Golly gosh, gee golly it's been a long time since I had actually completed a game, this feels strange. The autumn over-expenditure has yielded some great experiences and some that I haven't even played yet. Battlefield 1 was highly acclaimed and I conned people into to buying it, or so I am told. It was bought with Titanfall 2 another game that will be a hold over until time is freed to play.

It's alright. We have so many opportunities and options!

Well, COD Remastered has been good and bad. It feels faster to me and sometimes you just suck for some reason. like the game is like "HA! YOU WILL SUCK THIS ROUND!" Then proceed to go even the next. Though the nostalgic feels still make this a fun game. Ranvier has found that Kill Confirmed is where it's at; and I tend to agree. Quicker pace, no campers and overall fun.

I personally haven't played the Infinite Warfare campaign but Rage says that it is a great sci-fi story and I am looking forward to that.

Some of us, have decided to purchase Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2 bundle on a deal and I am looking forward playing the campaigns and multi players aspects of those games. As some of our members are still scattered to these other games. PSIA,...Karma. The single player campaigns did get good reviews so there's that.

I hope to see some good nights of gaming ahead after the holidays and the SWS talking sh*t on the mics.

I also hope you all have a joyous holiday season!

SWS out.

Survey Says!?

Well is looks like the consensus to purchase the new iteration of the Call of Duty series in November is a go. With COD4 Modern Warfare included in deal and the purchase price of $80 fucking dollars it make the nostalgia feels alone makes it worth it.  Not really, but, it will be fun!



And since we are sucking on Activision' knob, the DIGITAL DELUXE VERSION $100 COMES WITH INFINITE WARFARE--SEASONPASS--MODERN WARFARE  00==D

ALL them maps, for an extra $20

Looks like the pre-order bonuses are Terminal and some zombies bonuses. Thought I saw something about playing COD4MW early, alas, that's only for the PS4 folks. Asses.

Looks like a beta in October too.

SWS out.

2nd Annual Fishing Trip, Ready for the NEXT!

I'd like to say thank you to all the participants in the 2nd annual SWS "We fish for sport and camp for fun and drink alcohol for a past time" trip.

It did have its ups and downs, the camper, on its maiden voyage was not going to cooperate as it had shown. The crank lift to RAISE THE ROOF, was not working, as a pin had fallen out. I put a knee through the converter box cover, bad me. Scary to boot.

Fixing that crank was fun...

Otherwise it was a great trip with some great memories made, many fish were caught, many beers were consumed and great food was eaten, though I am still concerned that that last bratwurst still looks a little pink. ( You had to be there to get that one...)

While many of you have bigger aspirations of a vacation, this will always be my go to, as it is familiar, cheap and relatively close for most parties involved.  Which, with my anxiety, is perfect. Fingers crossed we go back next year, I had fun, and I think you guys did too.

SWS out.

The SWS part time express, work in prog...gress. Poet and didn't even know it.

Still working on the camper and she is coming along nicely.  For those who don't know; bought this on the cheap, cheap, roof had leak, rebuilt and fixed that. Gutted the interior made of MDF that was turning back in to saw dust wince it made. Tore up the floor and we said mold no more! Painted with mold killing paint, mold no more. Rebuilt the walls, ran new electrical-4 outlets, 6+ 12volt accessories, installed my old Sony car stereo from 1998, speakers, made LED tail lights and ceiling lights. The converter is installed and works! Need to make some cushions, do some finishing work, button up a few things and biggity bang put that new tenting on. Time is flying. Want to, have to get this done in April, because May looks to be a busy one.

SWS OUT.

Newly rebuilt walls and Electrical

My mess, and cheap speakers

Roof Rebuilt, my personal color scheme of orange and sea foam blue, it matches the original decals

Wiring pull thru

The new dinette benches/ queen-ish size bed

Whoa!, the blog almost turned into a raisin...

Thought I would just check in before this blog withered away on the inter-nets. I am glad to see everyone has purchased the current installment of COD, as always, so much fun.

There is a multitude of multi player games coming out that every one looks interested in, but, my only gripe are the games themselves as they are just small group games and we aren't. The Division is a four play story mode, while the dark zone is free game, I think, I guess we have to wait and see. Homefront 2 is another four player game that looks like fun, yet again, four player.

The Fallout 4 DLC looks good and I have been personally upset with some of the options for settlement building and have trying to stay away from building up the settlements. The mods on PC have used pretty much every wall, building and textures from the game to make some amazing settlements. What's even better is that they have taken from in game and doesn't break the lore. This bugs me when exploring out in the wilderness and you see a cool element and ask why isn't that a build-able object in my settlement!? I get this feeling Bethesda is taking the best stuff it has seen and then turning around and making that quick buck before the GECK and mods are released.

I really want the RV travel trailers that are spread throughout the Commonwealth, they would make a great settlement structure. I would love to build real houses; set  a settler limit you had to have then slowly they would build a house over time, not just a shack house. I want windows and the lot, to build up a little neighborhood. This game is missing a lot of doodads for settlements. I also want the spring cleaning mod or something like it. The mod cleans the trash, leaves and random piles of what not from your OCD settlement.  Otherwise the game is just like every Bethesda before, straight exhilarating exploration, my favorite part.

The 2nd annual SWS fishing trip is coming fast upon us and I am reminded that I need to make the reservation for the campsite on Friday. Wahoo! The camper is coming along and I am tempted to bring her inside a little earlier than expected to get started on it. Big plans, my friend, big plans. Finished a new awning bag and now working on a LED transformation. Then the demo of the interior will begin in haste, for the future rebuild. Exciting.

I am making some swag for the fishing trip; a hat, it's a little redneck and a little urban, just like the SWS. If you want one let me know, they will be $15, but totally worth it, as these are "lightly personalized" to you. I have supplies for five and three are spoken for. Two left.

Until the next session.

SWS out.

Hello SWS blog followers!

I hope everyone has a joyous and safe holiday!

Fallout 4 is great. Still waiting for COD BLOPS 3 to go down and price to play that. Hopefully the band could possibly get back together for that one, those nights are always fun.

Also would like to get together again and maybe lay some more groundwork for the SWS trip.

To you and yours, Happy Holidays!

SWS out.

Two Weeks!

OH Boy! Two weeks, my friends until Fallout 4 is at my door and that encyclopedia of a guide. Like any on Bethesda games it will be a week, reading the guide before I even start playing. Building a character, choosing my initial route, just to start, and then I am off.  I really like to start my collecting before I even hook up with the main story. In Fallout 3, I did the bobble head hunt before anything else, this is usually a challenge in itself. Low powered and slinking around looking for a power up.

The building of your own town and trade route will be awesome for a modern Fallout game.  I think I will wait until I get a good feel for the game before I choose to pull up on the reins and slow it down for a while.  They hinted that your town will get you higher leveled weapons and opportunities which sounds great; but don't want to feel forced to do this early on, when I am still exploring.

I have never played these games in multiple play through. It is usually one character and she (That Black Widow Perk!)  is the one I use for the length of time with the game. That is why there is so much planning and mapping before hand. More excited for that time with the guide than the game right now!

Two Weeks! I hope to see you guys in the Commonwealth.

SWS out.

Well shit,

Hello blog watchers; How are you?  Haven't posted since July!? That's just crazy, and I think I have to remedy that, right now.

I am anxiously looking forward that one post apoc game coming out but we will have to wait for that one. Fallout 4, like a motherfucker.

I am really hopping every body can come to a consensus and purchase COD Blops 3 at Black Friday time. While what we played is enjoyable, its' a COD game and not worth the hype.  Ran and I have played it during the Beta.  It's fast...ish as Titanfall, with very familiar maps from the COD lineage.  Basically, everyone we be buying COD Blops 3, so us fuckers will play together again; and talk shit, and see who's vitriol penis is bigger and talk shit. I WANT THE BAND BACK TOGETHER, JUST ONE MORE TIME!

Contemplating over my third 3 finger whiskey, I really hope that we will soon meet again, as a unified bunch of assholes again. COD or otherwise.

SWS out.

Any thoughts on this being our SWS multiplayer until a "real" "old school" COD comes out?

Bing! Checked-In!

Well, hello SWS!

How's everybody's summer going?  We just past the July 4th halfway cutoff of the summer and down the hill we go to the greatest months of the year. Cooler weather, football, hockey, beer drinking during these events, good TV coming back for those wonderful autumn months.

You guys been doing anything that is worthy of mentioning? Other than that fishing trip, been doing a lot of house work, tending the garden and swimming in our little pool are the highlights of my summer.

Hopefully we see a game that "everybody is going to play" soon, as I miss the days of yore when the band got together. The Division looks promising, but I still have doubts that how many players can play within a group/clan at any one time. I thought Destiny would be that game, alas it was only three peeps in a fire team.

Can't wait for Fallout 4, as it is months away, just months. Been playing Far Cry 4 and it feels like Far Cry; I can't tell if I like it as much as I did the last one. I hadn't really gotten in to the story, as I have been hunting and doing light side missions to make my character powerful and well equipped, which, in turn makes the game easier and more fun!

Hopefully you are all having a great summer and hopefully to hear from youse guys soon!

SWS out.

The First Annual SWS Fishing Jamboree has now come to a close.

Well, the fishing trip is over, some of it was fun, some of it wasn't but a good time nonetheless. We all caught fish, well, some of us did. The T-shirts were the picture below and turned out pretty good. Got some photos below. Hopefully more will join us next year! June 9-12 or June 16-19??

The photo for the paper.

The SWS photo.

Little fingerling Brown Trout

Couple of Brook Trout

Great White Fisherman

How's it going SWS interwebs?

Well, it's freaking June already! E3 is in a couple of weeks where we get to see the viddy games and such. Happy to see XBOX is releasing a controller without all that proprietary junk and jack on it and my headphones with work normally. And hopefully straight wired, the batteries it chews through is ridiculous.  Here's to a Fallout 4 announcement.

The First Annual SWS Fishing Trip is happening within a few short weeks. the members going seem to be waiting anxiously for the change to escape their lives, wives and such. Should be fun times.

I still wish for for the day when the SWS meets back up for some playtime, 'til then...SWS out.

What's happening, my brothers of the SWS!?

Everybody is just, like, super busy and stuff.  MIA are the rest of this so-called SWS group. We all busy.  I am trying get stuff done around the house, Rage is working weekends!? Saint has got Guard. Ranvier gets back from some Parisian excursion. It is ironic how long we waited for Heists, only to not play them when they come out. 

Well, thought I might write some thoughts, so when we do have the time we can play again. Here is what's on our plates and some things I am excited for...>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>