Some weeks are made for long and thoughtful articles. And some are just made for top 10 lists.
In the queue: Nintendo Wii, ¡Viva Piñata!, and an assortment of other games. But for tonight, we have monkeys.
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Archive for November, 2006
Monkey!
November 29th, 2006 by peterbFoods That Sound Like Sexual Positions
November 28th, 2006 by peterbWikipedia may have a longer list, but here at Tea Leaves we know that size doesn’t matter. Much.
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Football on TV
November 27th, 2006 by psuI’ve been watching some football in HD on my big TV this year. Since all HD broadcast options at this time in our history are about as appealing as drinking sewage for lunch, I’ve been doing it over the air. Today my antenna would not pick up FOX, so I watched the game on my Tivo instead. As a result, I missed much of the experience of the live broadcast.
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Life Imitates South Park
November 23rd, 2006 by peterbIt’s the United Atheist Alliance that has the correct answer to the Great Question. Science damn you!
Off the Online Wagon
November 22nd, 2006 by psuClearly the end of the world is upon us. Not only did the New York Times review the new PS3 this week, but in doing so they quoted that bastion of high quality online gaming journalism: Joystiq. The rest of the review went on to skewer the machine. The main complaint? The online service is clunky and hard to use.
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Susan Stamberg Delenda Est
November 21st, 2006 by peterbI’ve written about it before, but every year around Thanksgiving, Susan Stamberg gets on NPR to pimp her family’s disgusting cranberry relish, and so I feel that it is my duty to protect my readers: Mama Stamberg’s cranberry relish was revolting the first time it was made, it was revolting the last time it was made, it is an inherently revolting recipe and if you make it, and claim to enjoy it, you are an overprivileged and self-deluded yuppie wretch.
Make my relish instead. Happy Thanksgiving!
Gears and Guns and Guitars and Stuff
November 20th, 2006 by psuWith the Wii and the PS3 sold out, I sat down for a peaceful weekend with games I had already bought. For the 360, I had been itching to play a decent shooter, and with some trepidation I picked up Gears of War. I’m happy to say that it doesn’t suck.
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Launch Day
November 17th, 2006 by psuHaving observed three or four launch days in my short time dabbling with computer games, I will never quite understand the psychology of it. It seems like gamers have a sort of bi-polar passive agressive OCD when it comes to product launches.
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Don't Be A Stupid Girl
November 16th, 2006 by peterb
I’m sure J.K. Rowling gets enough acclamation from everyone in the world that she doesn’t need my approval as well. But nonetheless, here’s a tip of the hat to her for writing this short essay on the common obsession of worrying about one’s looks and, specifically, fat.
It’s not simply for the content of her essay, which is typically simply written, personal, direct, and to the point, but because she pointed me towards the artist “Pink” and her song “Stupid Girls” (iTunes link).
The song is good.
The video, however, (YouTube link, iTunes link) moves beyond the realm of “good” into “magically awesome.” (Used in a sentence: “Gabriel Garcia-Marquez’s novel 100 Years of Solitude is an example of the literary style known as magical awesomeness.”)
Small Favors
November 15th, 2006 by psuWinter in Pittsburgh can be a cold and cruel time. The weather turns gray, with a chilly wind and the occasional slushy rain. It has been this way this week in Pittsburgh, but I haven’t let it beat me down because I have made two small but uplifting discoveries.
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