New Laptop

I recently broke my old Chromebook, so I've replaced it with a new HP laptop. The Windows 8.1 interface is clunky, but I'm slowly getting used to it.

In other news, I've got Space Engineers working, along with the bonus game I purchased with it. Miner Wars is a surprisingly fun little game from the same developer, and using some of the same assets, as Space Engineers. Unlike Space Engineer's wide open sandbox (where any stories are created by the player), Miner Wars has a complete, and interesting, storyline.
In Miner Wars, you play as the pilot of a small, armed mining craft (which you pilot throughout the entire game... even in places where it makes little to no sense; also, everyone else is doing the same with their own small craft).
Also, don't expect to be able to fly from one end of the solar system to the other on your own; the resources (including fuel and oxygen) you can carry aboard your little ship are finite (even when extended into your cargo bay [which I recommend doing]; your cargo capacity is finite), and it would also take a prohibitively long time. Fortunately, there's a carrier craft called a "Sapho" that can do that for you.
There's one last thing to mention; the game features a (limited) solar activity mechanic, with the solar flares being semi-frequent. A spacecraft your size isn't able to withstand them, so your only protection against this is to have something large between you and the sun (this includes being in an interior space).

Just make sure you're not going to have something popping up when you play it; my desktop keeps experiencing this glitch that causes the audio system manager to pop up (and stealing priority over every other program). Normally, it's a nuisance at worst, but it causes Miner Wars to crash every single time.

Huh, looks like I just turned this journal into a game review. Oh well.