August 21, 2008
It’s been a good week: starting off with session two of our DnD game and culminating in one of those “what the hell have I gotten myself into” moments as detailed below.
Played a bit of the TF2 Heavy update last night, sampling Arena mode and the new payload map. The former I’m very meh [...]
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August 15, 2008
Is there any class more fun to play in TF2 than the Heavy? Probably, but his sayings are simply the best. More on our burly friend and his BFF Sasha below:
Valve keeps knocking them out of the park. September 19th sees the largest update to Team Fortress 2 yet: the Heavy upgrades, new achievements and [...]
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July 28, 2008
It’s not like there isn’t stuff goin’ down all up in the geekosphere these days, it’s just that time has been at a premium. Here’s some recent things that bring joy to heart:
I rarely click Google ads, but this one was quite a surprise (seeing as I has searching for something else with geek [...]
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June 30, 2008
Summer is usually a pretty quiet season as far as gaming is concerned. Spring and fall are the hot release periods in the videogame world. However, the PR machines are fired up and busily planting the seeds of need in the fertile soil that is the nerd brain. Examples follow:
A truly impressive blitz of [...]
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June 20, 2008
Okay. With some confidence I can finally say that I’m no longer sick. I don’t know if anyone else gets this, but I’m always left with a little more energy and enthusiasm in the aftermath of illness. To whit, the future seems very bright indeed:
Normally I would pillory EA for something like [...]
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June 10, 2008
There’s nothing like a dose of the ol’ stomach flu to put one’s life into perspective. Kind off hard to enjoy anything when you’re virtually consigned to a single room in your house for 24 hours. I’m back in the saddle now, folks; lean and hungry for good geek stuff:
Early reviews of The Incredible Hulk [...]
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June 3, 2008
Today’s post title comes from the mouth of my darling daughter, Abigail. Over the weekend, she got to watch Ghostbusters for the first time, and for hours afterwards was saying the following:
And then the doggy came out of the door *SMASH* and looked at you like you was food; imma EAT you!
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May 22, 2008
Yes, I am a tad late with this one. “Vacation” turned into “work” for the most part, so surprisingly little gaming or posting occurred. Anyway, on with this week’s RfL round-up:
US network The CW renewed Reaper for the fall and I’m quite happy that it survived it’s first season and the writer’s strike. Yeah, it’s [...]
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May 3, 2008
Nothing too urgent, I just didn’t get the Friday edition up due to yesterday’s chores. Have to get some more done this morning before going back to Liberty, so here’s this week’s truncated list:
Today is Free Comic Book Day. Get on down to your local comic shop (and if you don’t know where one is, [...]
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April 24, 2008
Taking a two-week vacation allows me to break from the usual sleep/office/family routine and replace it with a slightly less onerous sleep/housework/family schedule. I kid, I kid. I’m really feeling the need for a breather after the last couple of nutso months at work. This vacation is especially [...]
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