Resurrected & Remastered

Back in 1998, when the original StarCraft came out, I bought a copy, the good old CD version. Then later, when Blizzard released a StarCraft and its expansion BroodWar combo pack, I bought that too. So I have two copies of StarCraft and one copy of StarCraft: BroodWar.

Fast forward a couple of years, when Diablo II was released in 2000, I bought two copies, so I could play with my girlfriend then, who has since become ex-girlfriend after promoted to wife. Then one year later in 2001, Blizzard released Diablo II expansion: Lord of Destruction, which I duly bought two copies as well.

Now in 2025, after twenty odd years, because they are on 50% and 60% discounts, I bought StarCraft: Remastered and Diablo II: Resurrected. Basically the upgraded graphics version of the same games that run friendlier on modern computer.

For StarCraft: Remastered, the in game graphics are nicer, but Blizzard did not touched up the cutscene cinematics. I am rather disappointed, as Blizzard cinematics are usually pretty impressive.

For that reason, I decided to give my limited game time to Diablo II: Resurrected first, because it has upgraded cutscene cinematics! =P

Strange how just an uplifted graphics can make an old game feels like a new game. I guess probably because Diablo II gameplay stood the test of time, but I could be biased since I am a Diablo fan.

Diablo I absolutely left its impression, the first ever computer game that I played for a long time, the turning point when I truly became a gamer, and the reason why I bought every Diablo game since.

So ya, bought two old games in new skin, so to speak, and I am enjoying the Diablo II: Resurrected experience thus far. =)

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Chugging along

SoulBot-V, my gaming machine built in 2014, decided to stop booting up today.

Kid was still using it to play game yesterday and didn't noticed anything strange, but today it just stopped working.

I know it is an old computer, the original graphics card has died and has been replaced. Probably some other components as well that had to be replaced but I cannot remember.

To give it credit, it already outlived SoulBot-VI, the NUC I bought in 2017, which the motherboard died.

Anyway, with my rudimentary debug skill, managed to narrow down the problem to memory related, thanks to the labelled LED on the motherboard. Then through trial and error of removing the memory module, clean with eraser, putting it back, still failed, removing it again and putting it in another slot, managed to get the computer working again.

So good old SoulBot-V is still up and chugging along, but I know it's just a matter of time.

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