You adorable little minx. Now if I can just convince you to get me a sneak preview of Banjo Kazooie 3 beyond what’s in the trailer, I’ll fill you so full of Belgian beer your friends will want to put a tap in you.
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Archive for September, 2006
Personal to Andy P
September 28th, 2006 by peterbThey are Both Stupid
September 26th, 2006 by psuReading through my daily list of online “media”, I’ve lately felt a low, almost background level of annoyance with the subject matter and tone of some of the content that has streamed my way.
Here is the problem: pick any of the current questions of our time, and listen for a while to the debate that rages in the various media. The only conclusion you can come to is that everyone is stupid.
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Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho
September 25th, 2006 by peterbRecently, Bill Harris of Dubious Quality has been raving about a game called Dwarf Fortress. And let me be clear, when I say “raving” I don’t mean “saying nice things about it” but actual raving. Like, he saves the game to CDs, gets naked, and rubs them all over his body. Bill doesn’t just like Dwarf Fortress, he has gone completely around the bend over it.
So of course, I had to check it out.
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Richard Hammond
September 21st, 2006 by peterb
Richard Hammond
I don’t usually do this, but I wanted to take a quick moment to say that Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond who has been seriously injured in a jet-powered car crash, is in our thoughts today. Our hopes go out to him and his family.
Top Gear might be my favorite show on TV right now. I certainly enjoy their wild stunt segments, many of which Hammond hosts. I’ve always thought that they were stunts that looked more dangerous than they were. Evidently, I was wrong. I think I speak for all the fans of the show when I say that I’d give up those segments forever with no regrets if it means that Hammond’s two daughters, Isabella and Willow, can have their daddy back safe and sound.
If you’re so inclined, donate a few dollars online to Yorkshire Air Ambulance in his name.
Margarita Amateur Hour
September 21st, 2006 by peterbYou’d think, since I’m always bossing people around and telling them what booze to drink, that I’d have strong opinions on Margaritas and tequila. After all, I have already written booze-snob instructions on how to make the perfect daiquiri.
But here’s the thing: I don’t really know anything about tequila.
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Loot
September 20th, 2006 by psuToday at lunch, Pete was talking about how he had bought a house in Oblivion and how he had amused himself for a few minutes collecting things to put into the house. He had found the odd trophy, various books, but of course no candles.
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PTD #11
September 19th, 2006 by peterbIssue #11 of Played.toDeath magazine is out, and the PDF can be downloaded here.
My contributions in this issue include:
- Retrograde: Fool’s Errand, a review written to celebrate the fact that it is perfectly clear that The Fool and His Money (Hi! I’m True Believer #14) will never, ever, ever be released. (page 12)
- Indiescene: Deadly Rooms of Death, a nifty Sokoban-like puzzle game for Mac, Windows, and Linux, available from Caravel Games (page 10)
- A review of Glory of the Roman Empire (page 48)
There’s lots of other good stuff, too, including a review of one of my favorite SNES games, Earthbound. Check it out.
Lego Ping Pong
September 18th, 2006 by psuAgainst all odds, there are now two good games on the Xbox 360 that are not called Oblivion. The games are just well executed and fun. They are small and simple pleasures in a sea of large scale next-gen complexity.
The two games are Table Tennis and Lego Star Wars.
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The Pizza Problem
September 14th, 2006 by peterbIn 1986, a girl fell through the skylight of a building at Carnegie-Mellon. She had been drinking on the roof with her friends, and lost her balance. On the way down she straddled a water pipe, which broke her fall and probably saved her life. She hit the ground pretty hard, and was knocked out.
When the ambulance arrived and the paramedics started to move her, she regained consciousness. She opened her eyes and said, very groggily, “Are you from Capri Pizza? You must be, because you’re slow and stupid.”
I never heard what happened to the girl after that — I like to think that she perished in a freak eyeliner accident — but the incident stuck in my head because it reminds me that anyone will eat lousy pizza, if it’s cheap enough and the pizza place delivers
Most people have never had great pizza. Most people like pizza that sucks. So I’m going to give you a brief guide to great pizza, what makes it great, and how to find it.
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System Shock 2 on a MacBook Pro
September 11th, 2006 by peterbIn case there’s anyone else out there who wants to play this game, here’s how I got it working on my MacBook Pro running Boot Camp. Thanks to the various commenters who made suggestions and helped convince me to not give up.
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