More from Appaloosa Plains
          Here’s some more madness from my current game of The Sims 3. I’m really gonna try to stop screenshotting things now. It’s basically a weird survival house; this family have been burned before, because they are literal ghosts, so they “live” in this weird house to avoid anything else....
        
      
      Invite the joy of The Sims into your life
          I am currently in mourning for our PS3. It won’t start up for long without just cutting out. Obviously I am very bummed, not only because of the current game of The Sims I have going, but because of all the Tomb Raider saves on there and stuff. I’m...
        
      
      I love The Sims
          Undeniably inspired by Giant Bomb’s “13 Deadly Sims” segment, a while ago I felt the need to hunt down wherever we’d packed The Sims 3 Pets for PS3. I understand that the PS3 is a bit dated now, but I still totally recommend it. There aren’t horses and stuff...
        
      
      Fantasy casting: TR 1996
          A new Tomb Raider film is coming out, based on the second reboot of the storyline, the third-era games. There were previous Tomb Raider films with Angelina Jolie as Lara, who was probably the best casting option possible at the time. The new film stars Alicia Vikander, who honestly...
        
      
      Recent life things
          Yo, here’s some stuff that’s been happening. This one’s probably boring, but a while ago, our toilet started running. You might have an amusing image in your head, but actually, it just means that our cistern was leaking and the toilet was essentially flushing itself about once a minute...
        
      
      Sleep masks are great
          I bought a new sleep mask on Etsy recently and I want to have a bit of a rave about it. I used to have a cheap supermarket one, which sufficed, until I inexplicably lost it in my own house. It’s not down the side of my bedside table,...
        
      
      My secret weapon against spiders
          This is an August essential; it’s now that the T. gigantea start coming out (although apparently they’ve now been named Eratigena atrica). I was bitten by one once during an aforementioned blanket incident, and I never bypass an opportunity to bang on about it. There was one at my...
        
      
      The Tomb Raider Trilogy on PS3
          I’ve been playing the original Tomb Raider on the PS3 recently. It’s the only console that we’ve unpacked since moving here (and also the only one we have the right cable with to make it work with my partner’s TV). I had a sudden aching to play the Anniversary...
        
      
      My weird hobby: Playing Tomb Raider levels backwards
          This is very much explained by the title of the post, but perhaps could use further elaboration. On the original 1996 Tomb Raider game, it is possible to play some levels in almost-reverse order, avoid trigger points for enemies, and other such things. In the last few years I’ve only...
        
      
      Things I’ve learned from camping ⛺
          I love to go camping, and I’ve learned a few things since my first trip. Whether you’re a first time camper, a disabled camper like me, or you’re wondering if there’s anything you haven’t thought of, I hope my camping tips below will be useful to you. Note: These...