Bangai-O Spirits, my next DS game
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008I have fond memories of playing the original Bangai-O on the Dreamcast.
It had both maniacal characters and an unfollowable “plotline” that had me laughing out loud level after level, and it had one of the most enjoyable “two-stick shooter” control mechanics ever. You could shoot in eight directions and your projectiles bounced off the [...]
Tags: bangai-o, bangai-o spirits, ds, handheld
Posted in New Game | No Comments »>The latest “new PC” plan
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008I’ve been threatening to build a new PC every six months for the past 3 or 4 years, I just never pull the trigger on it. I don’t know why, seeing as I have no real problem spending as much money as it would take going out to bars and dinner and everything else.
This [...]
Posted in Asides | No Comments »>Packaging is hard sometimes
Thursday, August 21st, 2008I just received some new RAM for a laptop in our office. Apparently CDW had a hard time finding an envelope-like container to put it in, so they had to settle for a giant box:
Posted in Asides | No Comments »>I was always better at real geometry
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Not so good at Geometry Wars. Although I’m much better so far at Geometry Wars 2 than I ever was at the original game. I’m pretty sure it’s those geoms that keep me going. I’m a sucker for collecting things.
The internet’s been afire with talk of this new Geometry-based war over the [...]
Tags: geometry wars 2, high score
Posted in Gaming Log, New Game | No Comments »>FEBE
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008For all users of Firefox out there, you should check out the latest version of FEBE, the Firefox Extension Backup Extension. I know, it sounds kind of ridiculous, but I use enough computers and rebuild enough computers that I feel like I’m constantly reinstalling and reconfiguring my damn browser. I need something like [...]
Tags: browsers, febe, firefox, software, technology
Posted in Asides | No Comments »>TV Update
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Colette and I have been watching more TV shows lately, after a lull where we haven’t watched much since The Office season ended. On my own I’ve been making my way through The Shield season 3 and Generation Kill, but Colette doesn’t like ‘em, so I’m left to watching whenever I get a chance.
Over [...]
Tags: flight of the conchords, weeds
Posted in Television | No Comments »>Mann movies
Monday, August 11th, 2008Apparently I’m on a Michael Mann movie kick lately. Out of the last 5 Netflix movies I’ve received, 3 have been Mann films: Heat, The Insider, and Collateral. Each of them I enjoyed thoroughly. In order of quality from best to worst — Insider, Heat, Collateral.
I just read that Mann’s next project [...]
Tags: Film, michael mann
Posted in Filmography | No Comments »>PC Piracy
Friday, August 8th, 2008It seems like every other gaming-related post that zips by in my RSS reader is related to piracy in the PC games marketplace. First it was Crysis and Call of Duty 4, now Devil May Cry 4 and Assassin’s Creed. Some publishers approach the problem with a proverbial shotgun, blasting out all sorts [...]
Tags: digital distribution, gaming, ideas, pc games, piracy, STEAM
Posted in Low End Theory | No Comments »>The future of the AppleTV
Thursday, August 7th, 2008What is Apple’s long-term goal with the AppleTV? After nearly a year and a half on the market, it’s still seems like a Steve Jobs back-burner pet project. At first glance it looks like a simple Netflix/DVD competitor, and the way Apple has marketed it so far is as an alternative way to [...]
Tags: app store, apple, apple-tv, iphone
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