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Monthly Archives: June 2009

The Big Box

I have a large carboard banker’s box.  Within this box are hand written journals that I’ve kept since high school.  I haven’t written in a journal consistently over the last couple of years, and I think that’s a great loss on my part.
Without knowing where I’ve been, how can I see how far I’ve come?
Reading [...]

WWDC

So the WWDC came and went and I’m disappointed, as usual.  Still nothing compelling enough for me to buy into the iPhone as a service.  It’s like cable for me, I guess.  This monthly fee is in addition to the apps that I would have to pay money for anyway.
Gaming on the platform is right [...]

Spa World

If I have to talk about Spa World, I have to talk about nudity.  This is because nudity, while not the focus of the facility, is a crucial, unavoidable detail of the experience of Spa World.
Spa World is a Korean style bath house facility, and if you go, you will get naked.
And it is awesome.
I [...]

inFamous

Finished inFamous and looking forward to a sequel.  I guess that’s pretty high praise in and of itself.  Played it through twice, even.  Finished all of the side missions on my first run through and then just finished the storyline on my second run as a good guy.
The nice thing is that it lets you [...]

E3 in two words

Motion controllers.
Motion controllers seem to be the big deal, what with Microsoft pushing Natal and SONY with their tech demo.  Nintendo has the Wii Motion Plus add on for the Wii remotes.  All three seem to think that immersion is the next big thing.  It may be, but I want compelling games that use that [...]

SONY Keynote

I wasn’t too impressed with the SONY keynote.  Even the bits that were impressive were mainly tech demos that are years and years away from being implemented.  While interesting and kind of awesome, they’re just technical demos.  I didn’t see a game here, but I’m hopeful that in two years or so there will be [...]

Finishing

I just really finished a jar of peanut butter.  I mean really finished it.
As in from start to finish, every serving in that jar was consumed by me.  All estimated 3200 calories, if the label is to be believed.  It’s a jar that I’ve kept at work over the last couple of months.  It sits [...]