So, there was a moment yesterday afternoon, whilst I was struggling to paddle beyond the surf break at Nauset Beach in Cape Cod, when I nearly drowned. This head-high wave, at least a six footer, folded over me before I could duck dive or turtle roll, and I was dragged under the water for a couple of seconds, at least. I obviously saved myself, since...
Read More
Read More
VIEW 27 of 27 COMMENTS
I spent the day atop the seawall in Hampton, New Hampshire, observing less-than-epic sets of unsurfable waves roll into shore, and waiting for a call that did not come. You know what's not so cool? Waiting by the phone for a call that you find out was never going to happen. Anyway.
I found out that the game I had been working on before I...
Read More
I found out that the game I had been working on before I...
Read More
VIEW 19 of 19 COMMENTS
serial:
He also ate the internet, modem, router wires... my wacom wire... and the 7.1 surround sound wires(hard to know where I'm getting attacked in Bioshock because it all sounds like it's in front of me with my only one speaker he didn't kill...)
I think he's going to make it...
I think he's going to make it...
oryon:
Oh I hadn't heard that. Good times. What ever happened to Dodson working on it? Geez, for a guy working in the media, you think I would be on top of it all. Well, that would be pretty awesome to see.
Wait, Dodson was just working on regular WW, right? Or did I imagine that?
Wait, Dodson was just working on regular WW, right? Or did I imagine that?
VIEW 21 of 21 COMMENTS
rin:
Swimming 6-8 miles a week? You are my mega-hero. I'd love to be able to do that! Someday I know I will though and that is satisfying for now.
cheyenne:
heh...yep....and totally got you!!!!
VIEW 25 of 38 COMMENTS
rin:
Maybe...I mean, that would be awesome. Maybe I'll just pretend I do and write about surfing every single day for 5 hours just to make you jealous
rin:
Puppy filled? Hardly, they live in Edmonton. I am seriously bummed that I am not at my mom's, crawling around with the baby pooches in the grass.
VIEW 14 of 14 COMMENTS
bob:
I want to start out with the concession: I totally understand why it isn't that appealing to you.
I think for many people who are deep in the gaming world such as programmers expect more from their big-title games...and that's the way it should be. That's what pushes games to be better.
I think the reason for the lack-luster appeal Fable II has to hard-core gamers is the first one's lack of real technical skill to play.
It became more of a Harvest Moon of morality rather than gardening, missions wern't the focus of character develoment and merely moved a short story along and was more Devil May Cry hack-and-slash than Final Fantasy technical turn-based and especially not Tactics strategy.
It fell into that weird either where it wasn't simple enough to be addicting or compelling like Geometry Wars or Tetris and it wasn't complex enough to warrant any really gameplay skill.
But, being a girl...I'm allowed to like crappy games...and get excited about the crappy swag that comes along with it.
I like it for a lot of the same flaws I listed above. I'm a fan of simple hack-and-slash battle "systems."
And, I think the character development based on morality, while not played ot the extent it SHOULD have been, was enough to get me hooked.
Like any other girl, I'll sit in front of the tv and create a character in Elder Scrolls for HOURS...without even playing the game (although I later did after going back and completing all of the assassin's and thieves' guilds).
So, I understand your lack of enthusiam about the game...but, being a simpler creature...
I GET TO OWN A DOG!!!
WOO!
I think for many people who are deep in the gaming world such as programmers expect more from their big-title games...and that's the way it should be. That's what pushes games to be better.
I think the reason for the lack-luster appeal Fable II has to hard-core gamers is the first one's lack of real technical skill to play.
It became more of a Harvest Moon of morality rather than gardening, missions wern't the focus of character develoment and merely moved a short story along and was more Devil May Cry hack-and-slash than Final Fantasy technical turn-based and especially not Tactics strategy.
It fell into that weird either where it wasn't simple enough to be addicting or compelling like Geometry Wars or Tetris and it wasn't complex enough to warrant any really gameplay skill.
But, being a girl...I'm allowed to like crappy games...and get excited about the crappy swag that comes along with it.
I like it for a lot of the same flaws I listed above. I'm a fan of simple hack-and-slash battle "systems."
And, I think the character development based on morality, while not played ot the extent it SHOULD have been, was enough to get me hooked.
Like any other girl, I'll sit in front of the tv and create a character in Elder Scrolls for HOURS...without even playing the game (although I later did after going back and completing all of the assassin's and thieves' guilds).
So, I understand your lack of enthusiam about the game...but, being a simpler creature...
I GET TO OWN A DOG!!!
WOO!
oryon:
First of all...Batman.
Second of all, why aren't you allowed? Hmmm
Second of all, why aren't you allowed? Hmmm
Good stuff:
* I hung out with Perdita on Sunday. Oh, what an awesome girl she is. We went to the beach in Rhode Island and swam in the ocean and talked about douchebag dates and comic books. We got on like Batman & Robin, only without the homoerotic subtext. She's my new superfriend.
* The first day at the new job went as well...
Read More
* I hung out with Perdita on Sunday. Oh, what an awesome girl she is. We went to the beach in Rhode Island and swam in the ocean and talked about douchebag dates and comic books. We got on like Batman & Robin, only without the homoerotic subtext. She's my new superfriend.
* The first day at the new job went as well...
Read More
VIEW 10 of 10 COMMENTS
bettina:
Lame news about the email invite, people can be so careless in their emailing....
And THANKS for pulling out the word gams, that makes me so happy!
And THANKS for pulling out the word gams, that makes me so happy!
perdita:
ha! superfriends indeed!
also rin's comment made me lol. a lot.
we need to hang out again soooooooon. restaurant week(s) woo!
also rin's comment made me lol. a lot.
we need to hang out again soooooooon. restaurant week(s) woo!
Well. Guess who is in Boston? Well, the Boston-area, anyway.
VIEW 9 of 9 COMMENTS
maxi:
Fixed
bob:
You'll be happy to know, when you do get your system set up, the graphics for SC are WAY better on the PS3 than the 360. But, the load times are long, if your used to playing it on the 360 and suddenly switch over (like I did).
Back from San Diego.
Bad parts of the trip?
- I ate the cost of renting a hotel room in a bad area of town. We just could not stay there. The room had the kind of smell that I imagine a scene of a sex crime would have. The sheets were stained and the mattresses were just beds of springs. Literally. Three separate taxi...
Read More
Bad parts of the trip?
- I ate the cost of renting a hotel room in a bad area of town. We just could not stay there. The room had the kind of smell that I imagine a scene of a sex crime would have. The sheets were stained and the mattresses were just beds of springs. Literally. Three separate taxi...
Read More
VIEW 9 of 9 COMMENTS
bob:
That's heartbreaking!!!
We're getting both versions tonight...I can play in your honor.
We're getting both versions tonight...I can play in your honor.
troa:
We totallly kick ass with the same Soul Cal character! Bwahahaha!
Okay, like Rin said, no more living in the past. That is what happens when you are unemployed. Too much thinking time. Sometimes, you just have to draw the bow and let the arrow fly, know what I'm saying? No, probably you don't.
I will be at San Diego Comic Con all week arguing with people over which is the greater super-team, the Avengers or...
Read More
I will be at San Diego Comic Con all week arguing with people over which is the greater super-team, the Avengers or...
Read More
VIEW 11 of 11 COMMENTS
juliana:
if you don't say hello to me at booth #2729, i will think you are an asshole.
that is all.
that is all.
snazzy:
I know, which is why it's even more frustrating... 
If time travel was a practical reality but you could only affect your personal history, what event or events would you change?
Me, I'd go back and tell past me to choose Stephanie over Mildred, no matter how awesomely good-looking Mildred and past me looked together. Not to imply Stephanie was ugly or anything; she had this red-head sexy bespectacled librarian look going for her....
Read More
Me, I'd go back and tell past me to choose Stephanie over Mildred, no matter how awesomely good-looking Mildred and past me looked together. Not to imply Stephanie was ugly or anything; she had this red-head sexy bespectacled librarian look going for her....
Read More
VIEW 5 of 5 COMMENTS
bob:
I don't think they go into it thinking that stupid games are the answer to the casual gaming market...I think they try to fit the "square peg" of pop culture into the "round hole" (to use a horrible metaphor) of gaming.
The Sims was a great answer to casual gaming...and I think something like a Clueless branded sim involving changing outfits would have appealed to the causal gamer when the movie was first released.
However, the market for it now is, well, non-existant. People who are still fond of the movie and would enjoy a game based off of it...but probably not the game that is going to be made. A sim that involves dating and changing outfits doesn't seem to mesh with the age bracket they should be targeting with this game.
It'll be fun though...like when you know some kid on a skateboard is gonna eat it hard and you can't look away.
The Sims was a great answer to casual gaming...and I think something like a Clueless branded sim involving changing outfits would have appealed to the causal gamer when the movie was first released.
However, the market for it now is, well, non-existant. People who are still fond of the movie and would enjoy a game based off of it...but probably not the game that is going to be made. A sim that involves dating and changing outfits doesn't seem to mesh with the age bracket they should be targeting with this game.
It'll be fun though...like when you know some kid on a skateboard is gonna eat it hard and you can't look away.
bob:
Well, apparently, according to Paramount they don't have plans for any portable games yet, but depending on the performance of the Mean Girls, Pretty in Pink, and Clueless console games...they might make portable versions.
Can you guess how excited I am to see this movie?
The brilliance of this reboot of the Batman film franchise is that it has made me care for the cinematic Bruce Wayne as much as I care about the four-colour Bruce Wayne. The scene in 'Batman Begins' where young Bruce breaks down and cries in front of his butler, Alfred, is heart-breaking.
In other...
Read More
The brilliance of this reboot of the Batman film franchise is that it has made me care for the cinematic Bruce Wayne as much as I care about the four-colour Bruce Wayne. The scene in 'Batman Begins' where young Bruce breaks down and cries in front of his butler, Alfred, is heart-breaking.
In other...
Read More
VIEW 22 of 22 COMMENTS
reid:
i was desperate.
Girl: So, what do you do?
Me: I'm a video game engineer.
Girl: Ah, nice.
Me: Do you like video games?
Girl: No, I'm not into them. I think they're crap.
Me: Fair enough.
Girl: Don't you think making video games is immature?
Me: In what way?
Girl: I don't know. It's the kind of job that 10-year old boys say they want, like how...
Read More
Me: I'm a video game engineer.
Girl: Ah, nice.
Me: Do you like video games?
Girl: No, I'm not into them. I think they're crap.
Me: Fair enough.
Girl: Don't you think making video games is immature?
Me: In what way?
Girl: I don't know. It's the kind of job that 10-year old boys say they want, like how...
Read More
VIEW 25 of 30 COMMENTS
cheyenne:
i ve told you this before...but ...you fuckin crack me up
bob:
Aw, I think it's a bit to do with the Wolverine (tough loner) appeal. But, I like Hellboy better, because she seems more human and accessible than Wolverine. And, I think he's wittier too.
PS - the best rendition I ever heard was Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" with about 60% cowbell.