...is not Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, although that game is a fun addition and an awesome trend in bringing quality retro games up to speed. From what I've seen, it's disappointing that Beneath a Steel Sky will not be doing something similar in the graphics and sound department.

Anyway, the app of the week is...

Bricks of CamelotIt ( Read more... )

Fritos? When you haven't had them in a really long time? Oily curls of pure CRACK.

True Blood is frakking spectacular. I absolutely love the whole traveling-detective thing, and it's a really tough call as to whether Eric or Lafayette is the greatest character of all time. Eric might have the edge just because of the tracksuit, backstory, and the fact that although minute-for-minute Lafayette is more enjoyable, Eric's more ( Read more... )

Before I get to the app, Cali was absolutely spectacular in just about every way. The 800 emails I have and 12+ projects I have to manage will prevent me from doing much in the way of updating about that.[0]

Sentinel / Sentinel 2I discovered both of these in the same buying spree (you know, the kind where your brain, which has for ages been ( Read more... )

Using Excel as an architectural design tool ( Read more... )

Doom ResurrectionHigh Concept: Let's take the overblown graphics engine that was Doom 3, and make it a tilt-to-aim, on-rails shooter along the lines of Time Crisis. For the iPhone ( Read more... )

Defender Chronicles: Legend of the Desert KingDC is basically an addictive synergy of Tower Defense, RTS, and RPG elements. It's well-done, polished, and although minor grammatical errors pop up occasionally, the whole thing has a great look and feel. Control elements like dragging the view around, pinching to zoom in and out, and unit upgrades ( Read more... )

Even for legitimate business communications, IMing "cool" looks wrong and "kewl" looks right.

Michelle and I went to Per Se on Friday. I've copied my post to Yelp below. A full assessment and description is something that deserves more time than I have right now.

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This week has been a chaotic maelstrom of complete craziness. But it has been intensely rewarding ( Read more... )