I just discovered Google's NotebookLM, an AI-powered tool that generates videos based on written content. I fed it one of my blog posts about #Starfield, and this is what it created. Not perfect - it said "Skyrim in Space" was 4 words - but otherwise the video is close to what I wrote! This is fun!

A sure sign that I am suffering from the summer blues is seeking out dark & moody games like #Starfield. Today is the 2nd day I booted it up. The last time I played was early June before summer began. My mind is saying it has had enough with summer & yearns to return to the darker days of autumn. 🙂

I'm a man of feasts & seasons, so I organize everything according to its seasonal feel, even gaming. This is why I'm having trouble playing #Starfield lately. It's a wonderfully cozy game that captures that autumnal/winter "indoor living" vibe. It makes me yearn for this summer to be over. #PCGaming

Spanish motorized infantry debarks their BMR-PP infantry carrier and moves into battle against the Warsaw Pact—a screenshot from WARNO. #PCGaming

A trio of Spanish soldiers makes their way along a fence line to the front as a C.11 provides battlefield air support in the distance—a screenshot from WARNO.

In honor of Spain making it to the FIFA World Cup final, I added a division from España to WARNO. Here, a Spanish M48A5E2 stands sentinel against advancing Polish armor.

I had a good pool opening this season. My water is sparkling blue (Zima Blue)! I guess that makes me smarter then the stable genius in the White House. 😛🏊‍♀️

You win, Armored Brigade 2. Even though I haven't come close to exhausting all that the base game offers, I just had to have the Scandinavia DLC. And now I am happily repulsing the Soviets from Bornholm. 😄 Such a great Cold War-era wargame. #Wargaming

I’m hooked on Armored Brigade II. It’s an engaging step up from a beer-and-pretzels RTS game like WARNO. It’s more tactical without being plodding, and the new 3D engine creates some truly epic battle scenes. Highly recommended! Now 25% off on #Steam. #Wargaming

#ArmoredBrigade2 can be a very picturesque game! For a studio that never did a 3D game before, well done, Veitikka Studios. Here, Soviet troops invade Finland in 1983. #wargame #PCGAMING

After ambushing an American M113 troop transport from the ruins of a building (burning near the fence), Soviet troops advance through the town. #wargaming #ArmoredBrigade2

I knew there would be a sequel one day! #BoggyCreek #MST3K

NORTHAG Belgian dismounted Infantry assault a Soviet position with CAS provided by a Mirage. #WARNO #Wargaming #GeForceNow #ColdWar

A Soviet scout helo is shotdown by a Belgian MANPAD concealed by a nearby building. #WARNO #Wargaming #GeforceNow

#IranDeal

"That's when I heard the sergeant cry, 'Run! It's coming down on our heads!' I tell you: I never ran so fast in my life!" - Pvt Igor Valev, 2nd Company. From: 'On The Line: A Soviet Soldier's Story from WWIII' (Red Press, 1979) [Yes, I am having too much fun with Armored Brigade 2. 😀]

Not mine, but I wish I had thought of it! (Original: x.com/MeachamDr/st...)

According to Alexa: "Your package containing World War III has arrived." 😁

Ambush! My hidden infantry team (in the brush underneath the trees) hits an East German BTR coming up the road with an anti-tank rocket. #ArmoredBrigade2 #GamingCommunity #PCGaming

This is a 1957 Soviet political cartoon entitled "Division of Labor" by Boris Efimov. The war-mongering wolf represents the US, w/ the fox being Arab leaders. The wolf says it is going fishing in the Middle East, with the fox ordered to justify the wolf's actions as a defense against communism. ⬇️/1

From the Babylon Bibi:

I am a happy wargamer: there was a launcher error for #ArmoredBrigade2 that prevented the game from launching on #GeforceNow. This was a buzzkill for a daytime Chromebook jokey like me. Happily, the error is fixed, and the game now runs fine on GFN. Whoever fixed the problem: thank you! #PCGaming

My Polish troops disembark their BTR and head into battle in #ArmoredBrigade2.

The smoke effects in Armored Brigade 2 can be quite impressive at times. These smoke clouds were the aftereffects of an airstrike on West German positions. #PCGaming #ArmoredBrigade2

I think I found my new Cold War wargame addiction: Veitikka Studios' Armored Brigade II. But for the squishy infantry, I liked the original. But with the new 3D graphics and improved infantry combat, I *love* the sequel! #PCGaming #Wargaming

"You look through the optics and see a playground, then you shift the turret a few degrees and see a NATO anti-tank team behind a parked hatchback. You’re in a steel beast, looking at a world not built for machines like ours." - Junior Sergeant Alexei Volkov, "T-62s at War: A Gunner's Perspective"

"While the GT-MU-1D - a light, tracked chassis mounting the ZU-23-2 -was designed for AA, the brutal attrition rates of the Central Front forced commanders to employ anti-aircraft assets in a direct-fire role against ground targets." - Steel Nerve: Reports from the 1989 Soviet Offensive #WARNO

I had to take a seat because I could see Sarah Morgan preparing to deliver her 8th disapproving lecture of the day. #Starfield #PCGaming

I always have too much fun with @eugensystems.bsky.social WARNO. 😄 I love writing little faux-history articles to go with the screenshots. Here is another photo of a ZSU at work. That NATO gunship walked into a wall of fire.

“Mobile AA platforms were essential. The ZSU-23-4M2, in particular, was extremely effective in repelling NATO CAS by providing an 'umbrella' of protection for mechanized columns, turning a potential death trap, like a bridge crossing, into a successful, high-speed transit." - Denying the Sky (1991)