Due to the magic of time travel and the joy of pay-only internet at the Sheraton, I'm bringing you post-live updates from PAX!

Here, there be linesThursday night, we sat down and watched New Moon along with the appropriate Rifftrax. Even with a respectable amount of booze and all the funny brought by the Riff, it was like flossing with battery ( Read more... )

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( Mysterious Tacos. )

Today I review:

( Buffalo Wild Wings, Hadley )

In an effort to write about something I know, I might be embarking on a blogging project at some point. I'll continue to use this space for my wry cultural critique and witticisms, but I plan on making a space (with Crystal's help) dedicating to the art of creating and running games. This project will eventually lay its dirty eggs in the putrid ( Read more... )

2010 is a magical year. When it ambles it, it will mark the close of (another) decade, and the first time we get to start saying, "twenty-ten" and other hip combinations of numbers. Growing up as I did, a child of the nineties, I never recognized the year 2000 as much of a marker; I wasn't scheduled to graduate until 2002, and aside from Y2K, we ( Read more... )

As many of you are aware, I applied to graduate school about two months ago, the process of which took up a great deal of time. Most of you encountered me frantically trying to throw together a portfolio at least once in November or December. It was an application for a Master of Fine Arts, which means a degree in Creative Writing, rather than ( Read more... )

I need to take a quick break from my MMO post to just say something. The fact that this could potentially ruffle some feathers should speak directly to how absurd this issue is.

Moleskine Notebooks. They are fucking notebooks. They are nice notebooks, but they are ridiculously expensive. When asked what the big deal is, I've actually heard ( Read more... )

I started playing Guild Wars with Drew this evening, and while I don't intend for this to become "my thing", it has reminded me of the MMO life-cycle of which I am very familiar.

( Warning: Satire Ahead )