Despite giving the best years of my life to the video game business — and emerging with no desire for video games at all — I still read Penny Arcade. I like the snark. On Wednesday, Tycho wrote: “I don’t want to keep harping about this, okay, I do, but we went to the BestContinue reading “On Video Game Shopping”
Category Archives: Video Games
On the Newest Find
People get rid of stuff at work, and then it’s free for the taking. Usually it’s comic books. Sometimes it’s magazines. I’ve picked up some manga here and there. Even a Torchwood DVD. But home improvement products? Not usually… Someone put a Superman Light Switch Plate on the reading rack yesterday. A couple turns ofContinue reading “On the Newest Find”
On EB Games and Robberies
I sometimes read Kotaku, a video game news blog. I know, it’s surprising — I can’t tell you the last time I turned on my XBox, yet I still stay somewhat informed of goings-on in the game industry. This headline shocked me. GameStop Manager Killed During Robbery. The facts are these. An armed robber enteredContinue reading “On EB Games and Robberies”
On a Battle Amidst the Valleys
Napoleon and Frederick wanted a rematch. I had ground them beneath my boot on the sandy beaches of the Carolinas, but now I wanted to fight them in the valleys of the Appalachians. Two against one. The French and the Prussians against me. Those two in their valley, me in mine. It would be glorious!Continue reading “On a Battle Amidst the Valleys”
On a NetHack Wiki
There’s a NetHack Wiki. I’m still wrapping my mind around this. There’s a NetHack Wiki. A NetHack! Wiki! I never really got into NetHack. Hack, yes. Hack 1.0.3 was a close friend during high school and college. Angband? Well, I’ve got a couple of different versions on my computer, but I’ve never spent any realContinue reading “On a NetHack Wiki”
On the Latest Battle
Due entirely to an error on my part, I met Napoleon and Frederick in battle, not amidst the valleys and gulleys of the Appalachians as I’d intended, but instead on the broad, sandy beaches of the Carolinas. I had no allies in this battle. Sometimes, I think I don’t need allies in Age of EmpiresContinue reading “On the Latest Battle”
On Preparing for War
I realize I haven’t played Age of Empires III in at least a month. At least a month. It’s time. Napoleon. Frederick the Great. A challenge! I shall meet you both on the fields of battle. Amidst the peaks and valleys of the Appalachians, I shall take you both on. No allies on my side.Continue reading “On Preparing for War”
On Halo Day
I think, somewhere in the recesses of my mind, I knew that Halo 3 dropped today. Or, more accurately, eighteen hours ago (as I can’t imagine that GameStop didn’t do midnight openings — if that whole sodding company could do midnight openings for The Burning Crusade, they’re absolutely doing midnight openings for Halo 3). AtContinue reading “On Halo Day”
On a Different Kind of Warfare
I’ve had WarCraft on the brain recently, so I went digging around yesterday for my WarCraft II discs. It’s strange, revisiting a ten year old strategy game. Age of Empires has one spoiled — the things I take for granted, like queueing up units or finding idle units quickly, aren’t there in this old relic.Continue reading “On a Different Kind of Warfare”
On Cultural Apathy and Ignorance
I received in the e-mail this morning a the weekly sales promo newsletter from my old employer, EB Games. I get these about once a week, give them no thought, and hit “Delete” without much delay. Today? I don’t know why I read it. But I did, and it… annoyed me. I realize, it’s adContinue reading “On Cultural Apathy and Ignorance”