I wrote a couple months ago about Mirror's Edge,  a true first person adventure that literally puts you into the head of the main character as she leaps and runs through a futuristic urban setting.  The ideas of the first person mechanics were very much like the ideas I had for my vision of a Silent Hill game.  But I wondered if running and jumping ( Read more... )

I have finally entered the digital camera age, even though it makes me feel dirty. Photos need to be developed over the course of hours in a smelly, chemical filled darkroom, damnit! This newfangled instant gratification of photography is just obscene.

BEHOLD! Twinkie, in all her fatty goodness!

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No, scratch that.  I want THIS, framed and on my wall:


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Iron Man.

Best.  Superhero movie.  Ever.

Details later.

Last week, I went into Best Buy with the intention of purchasing Dragon Ball Z season 4 on DVD.  Instead, I passed by  a 50% off bin for games.  I sifted through, figuring that there would be nothing but crap, but I found two amazing gems: John Woo's Stranglehold for only 20 bucks, and Virtua Fighter 5 for 30.

I hated the VF series from 1-3.  It ( Read more... )

Please, for the love of all that is good in this world, watch this:

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Thanks to Ben for letting me know about this.

The amazing story of what happened to Black9, a game I had been looking forward to years ago.  I remember passing through the Majesco booth at my last E3 and wondering why it wasn't there.  Read the whole article here, if you like: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_146/4814-Cyberpunked-the-Fall-of-Black9

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A multi-tiered post about all things Final Fantasy XI.  Read only if you want to delve into the realm of the uber-geek.

GETTING THINGS DONE.
Final Fantasy XI is a big, big game.  It is so big that I have played it for over 35 FULL days over two characters and four years, and I have yet to scratch the surface of all the things you can see, do, and ( Read more... )

I want this, framed and on my wall:


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Stolen Borrowed from Rob:

http://www.peroxidecomics.com/archives/000200.html

I'm amused and depressed, all at the same time.  Screw you, Interesting Girl.