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So here's the deal.
My primary account is actually on JournalFen. Anything I post to this account I consider public, but I will try to post to this account. To start with, at least, those of you that I friend I probably know IRL (if you know evilsimon or paper_tzipporah IRL this is especially likely). Further down there will be friends here that I meet through the internet, but if you're ( Read more... ) -
An EVE Primer: Introduction
Most of the people reading this do not play EVE, some of you aren't even gamers, and that is exactly why I feel this is a perfect place to present this. Before skipping over this as just another pile of nerdery outside your interests, please at least read to the cut ( Read more... ) -
Life's little pleasures
Walking down the street at midnight on a cold winter night eating locally-made ice cream, and then coming in to a warm house, all with the person I love.
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"Compelling" - IGN
Your city has been covered in a paper-thin sheet of invisible ice, which has then been covered in water. You must brave a near-zero friction coefficient, psychotic drivers, tumbling southerners, and unexpected puddles over a mile of rush-hour sidewalks. Your challenge doesn't end there! Through the next eight hours you must brave continuing ( Read more... ) -
OK guys, today is going to be productive whether I want it to be or not
I'm creating a public checklist of tasks that will be accomplished today so I can be harassed if I fail to accomplish them. Today will be a day of grocery shopping, apartment cleaning, and ambitious cooking experiments ( Read more... ) -
SONIC TEEEAAAAMMMMMM
The more I play Sonic Unleashed the more it just boggles me. They have something wonderful, truly wonderful here, and they went well out of their way to bury it under crap ( Read more... ) -
A snowy morning and an open letter to Sonic Team
Dear dev team of Sonic Unleashed ( Read more... ) -
A "La Pucelle: Tactics" primer.
I've been playing a lot of this game, lately, and I realized I hadn't talked much about the cast or the plot or even some of the funnier mechanics. So, a post about that seems like a good idea.
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A narrative of todays events, with visual aids provided by hungover owls.
So, girlfriend's family was going out for a whale-watch as a joint birthday present and of course we were invited. It sounded like fun, and we had other things to do in Boston, so we went for it. As a warning, girlfriend mentioned that she had a long history of sea-sickness on previous whale-watches, but her general tendency for motion sickness ( Read more... )