Author Archives: Lisa

About Lisa

A Geeky Gamergrrl who obsesses about the strangest things.

Fallout 4: The Factions

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Lisa

I know I was going to post about the Firewatch story, but I haven’t finished thinking about it yet.  I just finished the main story of Fallout 4, and want to talk about my experience of it. Of course, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Games | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Firewatch

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Lisa

A friend who was in the middle of playing Firewatch, and who had previously enjoyed Dear Esther, and Everybody’s Gone To the Rapture, recommended it to me.  I was having a ‘grindy’ moment in Fallout 4, so I found it … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Games | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Website Blunders

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Lisa

It’s time for another bitch session.  This time, various ‘popular’ websites on the Interwebs are my target. Much as I could spend a lot of vitriol on them, I’m not going to spend time complaining about clickbait headlines (you won’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Interwebs, User Interface Design | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

EFTPOS Interfaces

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Lisa

As a shopper in the western world, I use EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale) pretty much every day.  I began using them back when they were trying to replace the old ‘run a roller over your credit … Continue reading →

Posted in Gadgets, User Interface Design | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Lisa

Note: I wrote this on the 8th of January just after seeing The Force Awakens.  Unfortunately a death kind of screwed up my posting of it. Everyone and their dog, and possibly their dog’s fleas too, has written about Star … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Battery Anxiety

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Lisa

There’s a phrase that’s come into use since electric vehicles became more mainstream: range anxiety.  Of course, those of us who have used phones ‘forever’ or, in fact, anything portable and battery powered, have known this anxiety for a long … Continue reading →

Posted in Gadgets, User Interface Design | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fitbit Charge HR

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Lisa

Since I’m a diabetic, and need to be more sensible about exercise and the like, my wife thought I should be more depressed and bought me a Fitbit. With her long experience with these devices she decided the Fitbit Charge … Continue reading →

Posted in Gadgets | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Fallout 4: Some Of The Situations

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Lisa

I admit it.  This is turning into the ‘Fallout 4’ blog.  Don’t worry, this should only last a few years. I’m really enjoying the game itself and enjoying some of the characters, side missions and ‘random encounters’.  Possibly what I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Games | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fallout 4: Continuing Impressions

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Lisa

Now that I’ve had a bit of time to play around, work out the Perk/Leveling system, play a bit with crafting and explore a lot, I will say I’m having a lot of fun with Fallout 4! I’m rather surprised … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Games | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Just Cause 3: First Impressions

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Lisa

Rico is back, and this time our Blow Everything Up expert is back on home turf.  His home of Medici is now the playground of the evil General Di Ravello .  There’s stuff about how said General is having the … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Games | Tagged , | Leave a comment