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Monthly Archives: May 2006

That time of year again

When a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of. . . Building a new machine.
I have no idea what I would do with it. I started out thinking about just upgrading the motherboard, processor and video card.
But then I thought, “Well, then I’d have this perfectly good motherboard, processor and video [...]

You really do need two jobs to afford one.

Hey, it’s the PS3 pricing announcement. There are two models of PS3, $499 and $599. Let’s look at the differences between the two, based on the press release.
The $500 version is missing more than just hard drive space. Additionally, here’s what you don’t get:

No WiFi
No Memory Card Reader
No HDMI

The WiFi thing [...]

A Fairy Tale

Once upon a time, in a far off western kingdom, there lived a boy.
Now the boy, through no fault of his own, had an offsite backup copy of Episode IV on Betamax. He watched that movie repeatedly until his VCR died. This made the boy sad, because he really enjoyed Episode IV. [...]

Do not aim at eyes or face

This is great. A gun that shoots plush teddy bears.
Of course, with a little “on site acquisition” these bears could become capable of grievous injury, perhaps even death. I guess it depends on how powerful the party crackers are. Sure, it’s better than rice.
But is it safer?
Update:
I know what you’re thinking.
“Did he [...]

Shameless self promotion

I’ve got an article up over at videolamer about whether or not you should buy the xbox 360. I go through a few questions you should ask yourself, but as I read it now, I realize I completely forgot to talk about whether or not you have broadband. Ah well. That’s my [...]

Cooperation is good

It’s about time someone designed a game with cooperative play from the ground up.
I’m just surprised that it’s EA.

The Need

“People need to be needed.” She said.
I looked up and watched her take another handful of clothes from the solitary dresser in what used to be our bedroom. She put them into her bag and went back for another handful.
I suppose my silence equaled assent. I agreed with her. [...]