Archive for the ‘Games’ Category
The Zambonis are warming up
Do you smell that? It’s damned near hockey time. It’s kind of bittersweet for me this year as traditionally we go to Hurricanes games with my mom and this year she’s just not up for it. That’s a hard fact of life to run into and one that will likely have more profound impacts as [...]
Rock Band 3: Ultimate game changer
It’s over. Done. Guitar Hero can just pack it it and take their plastic toys home, they need not try any more. Harmonix won. They didn’t even do it in a nice way, they mopped the floor with RedOctane. Why? This. A real guitar plugged in to your console. No more plastic buttons — yes, [...]
Goozex frustration again!
I talked about Goozex a short while ago, pointing out the obvious benefits and obvious shortcomings. The shortcomings can simply be summed up as “humans are thoughtless twats” and you’d know all you needed to know. I detailed my initial experiences with the receiving-side of the equation in that post which mostly amounted to the [...]
Goozex: The Good, The Bad, The Annoying
You might have noticed the new ad in the sidebar for Goozex (disclosure: the link is an affiliate link for me… if you join and complete a trade I get some credit). It’s a game trading site I’ve decided to use in lieu of renting from GameFly. GameFly annoyed me with their implicit promise of [...]
Another way Sony doesn’t quite get it
… and Microsoft does. Today Sony released a $10 downloadable game on their PSN named Flower. It’s a different title and one that’s gotten great word of mouth exposure and buzz. But it’s a very difficult “game” to describe. There’s a dearth of information about it. There’s a video here and there, but until you [...]
I got wax off!
This will make sense only to a small subset of gaming brethren.
What kind of gamer are you?
You may have heard of the Myers-Briggs personality test that were all the rage last century. I distinctly recall taking it during a “bonding” exercise with my fellow RAs at FSU, though my resultant INTP type and its recommendation that I’d make a fabulous assassin limited the “bonding” part of the exercise to some extent… [...]
The Rock Band Name Generator
Bill Harris posted a hilarious and surprisingly effective method of generating band names for EA’s game Rock Band among other things. I decided to slap together a script that automates the process. Go try it out!
