Whenever I find the right place, I have a poster for Age of Empires II framed and ready to hang. It was a marketing poster for the Nintendo DS version of the game that released in February, and when we were done with it at the store I brought it home, bought a frame atContinue reading “On Age of Empires Fun”
Category Archives: Video Games
On Sudoku
I’ve discovered the joys (and the addictions) of Sudoku. I never understood it, that strange numerical puzzle. What’s the appeal, I wondered? Why are people wanting Sudoku games for their computers? I picked up Brain Age for the DS several weeks ago, but hadn’t tried the Sudoku puzzles. Indeed, I didn’t even know what SudokuContinue reading “On Sudoku”
More on The da Vinci Code Game
From something I wrote a few weeks ago: “I don’t think anyone knows there’s a da Vinci Code game, sorry.” It seems that the da Vinci Code game has sold so well that we marked the price down twenty dollars on the game this week. Twenty dollars. Half-price. No, I don’t just think anyone knowsContinue reading “More on The da Vinci Code Game”
On a Customer's Concern
A few days ago a customer came into the store and, browsing through the XBox section, he had an urgent question. “They made a game out of the da Vinci Code?” he asked. “Companies will make games out of anything these days.” He took the game from the shelf, scrutinized it closely, and frowned. “Aren’tContinue reading “On a Customer's Concern”
On Used PlayStation 3 Games
It’s been rumored for a while that Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 3 console won’t be able to play previously played or rented games–that once a user activated a game on his console it wouldn’t work on another. No lending a game to a friend, no taking a game to a friend’s house, no reselling a gameContinue reading “On Used PlayStation 3 Games”
On James Bond Video Games
At work I receive a magazine weekly in the mail, VB: Video Business, a trade magazine related to goings-on in the video and DVD market. I enjoy reading the magazine, though it’s not particularly relevant to my business; I just like knowing what’s on the DVD release horizon and what’s going on in the DVDContinue reading “On James Bond Video Games”
On the Nintendo Wii
So, in the next generation of the video game console wars the competitors will be the already-released Microsoft XBox 360, the upcoming Sony PlayStation 3, and the Nintendo Wii. That’s right. The Wii. Between you and me, I’m suddenly think Diane Duane and delphines here, but I’m sure that Star Trek geekdom isn’t what Nintendo had inContinue reading “On the Nintendo Wii”
On a New Name Badge
I am a font whore — I have CDs with hundreds upon thousands of fonts. Sometimes the hardest part of sitting down and writing is deciding which nifty-keen font I should use. For the name badges the staff wears at work I used a Doctor Who font for the names. It was large, it wasContinue reading “On a New Name Badge”
On the PlayStation 3's Cost
After months of speculation a Sony official has let slip the planned retail price of the PlayStation 3 console, coming worldwide this November. It’s not a complete answer, as it’s the cost for one territory–Europe. The projected PS3 retail price? €499-599. Depending on other factors–the weak dollar as compared to the Euro, the historically higherContinue reading “On the PlayStation 3's Cost”
On New Worlds to Conquer
I’ve downloaded the new patch for Age of Empires III. While I’m not sure what the patch fixes, I do know what the patch adds–a new map called Hispaniola. Yes, now we can fight for control of the New World in Haiti! It’s quite a fun map to play. It’s an island, with a largeContinue reading “On New Worlds to Conquer”