Meme Monday: Saved Game Memes

Yes, I play MMOs, which technically have no "saved game" feature. However, I do play a lot of other video games that are not only single player but also allow you to save your progress. 

(Just because I can knock out a game of Age of Empires or Civ IV in one day doesn't mean that I'm not familiar with saving my progress.)

Of course, saving your progress and coming back to it later have their own issues. Hence this Meme Monday.

Of course you did, Joey. 
From Reddit (and Friends).

Yes, this is me. From Pinterest.

Again, this is me. From Reddit.

This happened once in a game of TI-99 4/A's
Tunnels of Doom. However, I was the older brother
and it was I accidentally overwrote my younger
brother's save. From Memedroid.

Yeah, I automatically think that this is gonna be bad.
Video games have conditioned me to think this way.
From Pinterest.

Wait, what?
From Thunder Dungeon.

#Blaugust2026

Meme Monday: Miscellaneous Memes for August 2026

Wow, it's been March since my last Miscellaneous Memes post? That explains why I've got a bunch of memes lying around.

Uh, I can't remember where I got this
meme. It's been a while since I obtained it.

Heh. At least it's better than some MMO names.
From Imgflip.

It actually was pretty humid outside today.
From iFunny.

Truth. From Pinterest.

I have actually been that person who gets beat
on multiple times. From the Blizzard Forums.

Will installing Microprose's Darklands count?
From Fity Club.

#Blaugust2026

Meme Monday: Gen Con 2026 Memes

I'm not going to miss a Meme Monday, as I'm too tired to put together a full report until later in the week, so here's some Gen Con memes for this year's Gen Con.

I feel for ya, buddy.
From Instagram.

Ah, Jake and Elwood Blues. The Blues Brothers.
From Instagram.

If you're hip to it, yeah. From Imgflip.

Yeah, been there. I've seen this live.
From Facebook.

You can't not have Gen Con without some
Murder Hobos around. From Tumblr.
(Wait, is Tumblr still a thing?)

Surrrre. Whatever you say.
From @lukemckay via Facebook.

#Blaugust2026

Meme Monday: Just a Regular Guy Memes

If there's one thing that I prefer out of my SF&F, it's the concept of the "regular guy" going out and doing things. 

Not this Guy, but hey, it works.

Doesn't have to be a world-ending threat, and to be honest I prefer it if it's not. Maybe it's because I've been all "Tolkien-ed" and "Marvel-ed" out about world threats.*

But just being a regular person in a game going from zero to kind of something, I can work with that. And these memes are a celebration of that belief.

This is Plumbing the Death Star Episode 512.
They had me at that title. From Plumbing the Death Star.

At least regular ol' folks in MMOs can
be polite. From EBaum's World.

Sometimes, however, the DM doesn't really
give you what you want. From Pinterest.

And sometimes you just want to plant a garden,
not save the world. From Pinterest.

Well, crap. From Pinterest.

Then again, I guess I found myself. From Reddit.

*Admittedly, most of my D&D and MERP campaigns in my seminal early years had nothing to do with world-ending threats. Even the 20+ year campaign, which was ostensibly about a world-ending threat, never got close to that level because it took us so long to actually, you know, level up our characters.

EtA: Forgot to reattach the "*" at the end when I was adding the memes. Corrected.

Meme Monday: When You're Just Starting Out Memes

Everybody has to start somewhere, and being a gamer is no exception. I mean, we all started somewhere, right? And while that starting point is different for different folks...

This is mine. From the University of Texas.

we all have one. So, in honor of those first baby steps into gaming, here's a few memes.

If I had to point one out, it'd be #1, but as
you can see from the above Colossal Cave
reference, that's likely a keyboard.
From Thunder Dungeon.

Well, that wasn't me. We didn't have a separate
color television at home. Ever. (Ours was
black and white.) From Pinterest.

Yes, they do. I did my part! From Pinterest.

Yes, this. From Reddit and ifunny.co.

There is this little problem of people not being
used to having your character die, as in "it was
nice knowing you, better roll up another."
From Pinterest (with a nod to Mel Brooks).

And yeah. This is what it's like. Kind of reminds me
of those free "First Part of The Eye of the World" by
Robert Jordan books that bookstores had in the 90s.
As a bookseller once told me as he picked one up,
"You know what these are? These are your first free
hit of Crack." From 3 Wise DMs.

Meme Monday: Vacation? What Vacation? Memes

If you're like me, you have someone in the family who believes you need to be going and doing things on vacation. 

I'd say more, but I'd rather not deal with a fight.
From MemeGenerator.

For them, the concept of doing nothing is the antithesis of a vacation. Vacations are meant for personal enrichment and seeing places and things that you can't otherwise see, or the vacation days end up being used for appointments or lists of things to do that you can't simply delay for the weekend. 

That ain't me. 

Vacations to me are for doing nothing. Absolutely nothing. Slumming, in other words. Maybe read a little, maybe play games, maybe cook a bit, but otherwise just don't do a single thing.

And I really haven't had one of those in a long while. (Still haven't, if you're wondering whether I'm "on vacation" for posting this Meme Monday.)

So this is for all those people who are skeptical about taking vacation and you end up "working" more than at your regular job.

The family lore is littered with the times
I have been called back into work on
company holidays, such as Christmas or New
Years Day, because... stuff. From Cheezburger.

This too. There have been so many times that
I've come back to far more work than when I left,
and somehow people seem to think this is normal.
From Laurent Perrier via Thunder Dungeon.

Again, why do I go on vacation when I get up earlier thatn
when I go to work? From inkl.

Yep. And usually the arguments are about going
and doing all sorts of things when we should
be relaxing. From Alamy.

And this is what you end up facing when you
"go someplace invigorating" or "go someplace
peaceful". Everybody else goes there too.
From Readers Digest.

And then it's the dreaded "return from
vacation" event, in which you realize you
forgot the PIN to your password vault
(or your passwords; take your pick).
From Facebook.

Meme Monday: Guinea Pig Memes

Our oldest and her partner are visiting for the week, although part of the time here they'll be away at a conference. This means that we're babysitting our grandkids.

Or maybe I should say "Grand-piggies."

Yes, we've got the two* guinea pigs in the house right now. So, in honor of them eating us out of all of our lettuce and carrots (and apples), here's a few guinea pig memes.

This. This is true. From Merry About Town.

This is a lie. I mean, it's an XBox. Real piggies
play Playstation. From Cheezburger via Instagram.

Again, this is true. I was serenaded yesterday
when they decided it was mealtime. Didn't matter
that it wasn't their real mealtime, they decided it was.
From Merry About Town and Pic Collage.

Every time I read this, I hear my Questing Buddy's
voice superimposed over this, as if she were a
big ol' guinea pig. From Pinterest.

Again: can confirm. From Piinterest.

And they have. Holy cow, I'd forgotten how much
they poop. From AnimalSpot.

And now, the best part of WoW's
Shadowlands expansion. Once you see it,
you can't unsee it. From Reddit.

*Alas, the third passed away a few months ago from old age.

Meme Monday: Hot Memes

Before you ask, no, I don't mean this sort of hot:

I kid you not, this came from a Pinterest user
named... Nightelf. I suppose it could be worse.

 

I meant THIS sort of hot:

Yes, I brought this one out again.
From 9GAG.

This week is the first really hot week of Summer in our part of the Midwest, so I'm not exactly looking forward to it. Hence this Meme Monday.

I work in IT for a reason. Just sayin'.
From Becky Barnicoat.

You've got me. I have no idea, but then again
I'm not really good at fashion, either.
From Pinterest.

Huh. Huh huh huh huh.
From Pinterest (and Beavis and Butthead).

Well, just effing great. Now I've got an image
in my head I can't shake. Thanks a lot, Anchorman.
(And Imgflip.)

Uh, about that... From Imgflip.

He can have it. From spot.ph.