D4, Project Gorgon, and Riding the Road to Redemption

Team . . . I just haven't had the will to blog!  Like at ALL!  What is going on with me?

Well, since you didn't ask:

1- Diablo IV!! -- Dylan and I have been playing the new Paladin class in the most recent season. Now, we've had some great themes before like The Southern Gentlemen and the half-muscled twins, Skip Legday and Tree Trunks McSkinny.  So in that vein, I present to you MonteCarlo and GranTorino, our 70's Cars in Hell!

Riding the Road to Redemption!

The new paladin class is pretty cool and currently it feels really good to play. Dylan made a type of character where really he just walks around and things die in his presence. I opted for the Hammerkuna Shako variant of the Blessed Hammer build up on MOBAlytics. Basically, I hold down right-click and hammers swirl out from me in a whirlwind of death.

Since half of the fun is dressing your character in an outfit, I opted to model myself after a light blue trim Gran Torino.

Blue Metal Power, Baby

Also Blue Metal Power, Baby

As for Monte Carlo . . . he just kind runs around with no shirt, economy-class style. It didn't take us too long to get ourselves up to Torment 4 and equipped with a few pieces of Mythic armor.  At this point we're just finishing out the season journey and working up to 250 skill points. (I think I left this morning at around 217?) It's a good time.

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2- Some Project Gorgon news -- YO! Did you hear that Project Gorgon officially launched?! What the heck!  Yup, that quirky MMO I put a thousand plus hours into back in 2020 finally did it, they moved out of Beta like a boss. So proud of that game! 

Part of the launch was to implement improved character models, so when you launch the game now, you can update the look of your dude to something a bit sexier.  The Human Models look pretty deluxe tbh.

What a freakin' model . . .

The Raksasha on the other hand . . . mmm . . . I'll get used to it.

Those teeth though . . .

Anyway, it was great to earn my Beta Tester Badge, log in, and play a couple games of match 3 in the casino. Looks like whatever guild I was in has disbanded, and it felt a bit like a thing of the past for me. it's almost like I'd have to start over and play from the starter island again to get a feel for it.

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3- Real Life -- Honestly, it's a good thing these days when I don't have to mention something.  I've just been living, and that's pretty amazing. I'm vertical, and it feels good. We've shifted CAT Scan reviews to every 9 weeks from every 6 weeks because I've shown a lot of improvement. Let's just hope that holds, right? 2026 is going to be amazing!

One of my new favorite pictures of 2026 is me giving my older sister a hug. She came for a quick visit as we had a celebration of life party to celebrate what would have been my mom's 93rd birthday.

My sisters are amazing!

It was a great way to start off the new year. I hope it's only up from here. I'm continuing to connect with old friends and get more used to my new normal.  I can't believe it's almost been 2 years since moving back to Utah.

Speaking of Utah . . . Go Mammoth!  Cheering for the newest NHL Hockey Team has been consuming a lot of time. I even started collecting a few Hockey Cards because of it. Who woulda thunk I'd ever get all sport ball about something . . . I actually am starting to understand how the game works LOL. If a Mammoth game is on, Uber Wife and I are usually watching it.

From Coyotes to Utah Hockey Club to Mammoth. Let's go, Team!

Happy Dueling!