Calvin and Susie argue. “Jesus fucking Christ, dude! I’m sick of this shit! I don’t want to be in a semantical argument right now!” “You mean semantic, not semantical,” I stated matter-of-factly. It was that little statement that defined the difference between us. It was that little statement that would continue to crop up at [...] Read more »
The mountains above Chiang Mai are lush and beautiful. For more aerie pictures of Thailand, click here. I awake to the sound of a rooster signaling sunrise. As I peel my eyes open, there is no difference, the darkness identical beneath my eyelids as outside. I consider getting up to watch the sunrise, but my [...] Read more »
There’s few things I dread more than having things I remember fondly dragged through the gutter for another iteration. Despite a wonderful day jaunting around Guam, my mind is drunk with sadness at what’s happened to one of my favorite games. When the Xbox first launched, a good friend of mine bought one. For the [...] Read more »
I was never much into watching basketball. Why watch a sport I’d rather be playing? Sure, every once in a while I’d break down and catch a few games here or there, but for the most part I didn’t care unless it was the NCAA tournament or playoff basketball. That all changed in high school. Read more »
Last week, as I played ScrabbleTM against a far superior opponent, she apologized to me. “I’m sorry I didn’t play down to your level,” she said. Needless to say, I was stunned. It didn’t bother me that I was getting trounced nor that I was obviously outmatched. What bothered me was that in previous games, [...] Read more »
Something has been lost in the MMORPG designs of today. I’m not sure it’s something that can be recaptured, but perhaps it bears examination. A Brief History of Role Playing Games RPGs have been around for eons. Perhaps not in the very organized dice rolling, stats accumulating form of today’s generation of RPGs, but in [...] Read more »
I’ve spent the last two days in a counter cultural mecca of freaks and geeks. And it was glorious. As part of my regular abuse of my press privileges, I snagged press passes to Nan Desu Kan for myself, Jeff (who does the Acid Lounge on Radio 1190), and Steph (who does the weekend morning [...] Read more »