We’ve all been playing a lot of Fallout 3 lately. I had not decided to write anything about until now for a couple of reasons. First, I am lazy. Second, I think that if I like a game, I should give it a chance to become hateful before I write down how much I like it. Hating a game is different. If a game sucks in the first few hours, it hardly ever gets better.
So, Fallout 3 is good. Here are a couple of reasons why.
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I recently had the chance to try out Kivi’s Underworld, the new “casual hack-and-slash” game from the developer of Depths of Peril. One of the things I thought was interesting about Kivi is that it was released simultaneously on OS X and Windows. Steven Peeler of Soldak graciously consented to be interviewed on the development of Kivi’s Underworld, and the experience of targeting the Mac as a platform. (more…)
As regular readers know, this past summer I undertook an in-depth review of the Nikon D300 camera. My initial plan was to shoot the sorts of photos that I know I’m good at. But shortly after taking my first set, I resolved to push past my comfort zone and shoot subjects that I normally wouldn’t think of as “mine.” (more…)
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It appears that after a bit of technical chaos and angst that we are back. In a slight breach of protocol I’m going to spend a bit of time sending a big raspberry to the “developers” who create the wonderful weblog publishing software that we spend so much of our time using.
…it means that our transition to the new hosting service was successful. Here’s to another few years of game reviews, chowhounding, and bitterness!
I think one or two of the most recent comments on posts might have been lost. I’ll try to move them over later today. In the meantime, consider visiting our forums and commenting there instead, while things settle down here.
This week, on a whim, I bought a harmonica. It always seemed like a fun instrument to play, and you can get a quality instrument for just a few bucks.
There’s only one problem: I don’t know how to play the harmonica. I dug around a little on the net, and found a series of instructional materials on YouTube. As soon as I started watching one, I realized there was something crazy going on here:
The guy teaching the lessons was Adam Gussow, of Satan and Adam. (more…)
Meanwhile, it’s pretty clear that someone at Amazon.com’s mp3 download department is happy about the election results..
I am introducing a new term into our public discourse. Schadensürfing: The activity of deliberately seeking out blogs, articles, and forum threads by defeated political opponents just for your own personal enjoyment (such as this, if you’re an Obama supporter.)
I have no broadcast TV antenna in my house. I have no cable. I have no satellite feed.
So for me, the most fascinating part of this year’s election is that I am able to choose from among multiple professional webcasts of election coverage to watch, live. I have ended up going with the BBC coverage as the most interesting. Tip of the hat to Cynthia Closkey for the recommendation.
In an astounding blow to the forces of darkness and evil, Amazon has introduced what they are calling Frustration Free Packaging. This does away with all of the extra bullshit that manufacturers like to surround their products in for the sole purpose of making sure that after you buy product you cannot use it. Jeff Bezos I salute you. Truly you are using your superpowers to fight for truth and light.
Maybe next they’ll take on something else that is important, like DRM in PC video games.
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