As we’ve been playing, I’ve been making notes and talking to others in our forums. Here are some random thoughts, mine mixed with other early players’… The three maps we’ve been given so far are more fun than the proverbial barrel of monkeys. I’m glad they went with asymmetrical playgrounds without any echoes of Warlock […]
Halo 3 Beta
A few of you with sharp eyes have noticed, while playing on XBox Live, that there are a bunch of us playing Halo 3 already. “Hey, the public beta’s not supposed to start yet,” I can hear you shouting. Well, ok, it’s really just that I can read the emails and XBL messages you’re sending me, […]
Guitar Hero II
I was asked in one of the gamer forums to write about Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 (and PS2, I suppose, since the games are extremely similar), and in particular if it’s appropriate for kids. At it’s core, Guitar Hero is a rythm or coordination game, much like some of the games in Fusion Frenzy. The […]
The End Is in Sight
Good news for LOST fans… it’s going to end. “We always envisioned `Lost’ as a show with a beginning, middle and end,” [LOST’s Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse] said in a statement. “By officially announcing exactly when that ending will be, the audience will now have the security of knowing that the story […]
Darth Vader on line 2
“What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon!?” Rick passed along this video, very funny. Of course, if the Emperor had a good interaction system he could have handled the secondary request electronically while still taking carer of Vader’s issue. Perhaps he just needs to hire a good Telephony & Unified Messaging integrator.
links for 2007-05-05
PBS Bill Moyer’s Journal – Buying The War “In the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, the US government’s claims about weapons of mass destruction and terrorist ties to Saddam Hussein went mostly unchallenged by the media. Four years after ‘shock and awe,’ how the government sold the war has been mu (tags: journalism)
links for 2007-04-30
Microsoft Customer Service has lost a loyal customer After his fourth Xbox 360 dies, Eric’s not a happy camper (tags: Xbox360 microsoft) Blind Date: Games Edition Ok, so this post is a bit cheesy. But how many games do you buy without a good demo first… and isn’t that a bit like a blind date? […]
Avoiding Photographic Regrets
Jim Goldstein writes in If I Only I Knew Then What I Know Now: The art of improving is by harnessing ones frustration, dissatisfaction and/or curiosity. Pushing oneself to not just practice, but research and experiment is the key to mastering photography… technically in camera or with post-processing. With that in mind the one piece […]
It’s A Beautiful Day
The weather was absolutely beautiful last week in Columbus GA, and Monday afternoon I had some free time, so I took a walk downtown. Here’s a water tower and building under re-construction, right alongside the Chattahoochee River.
links for 2007-04-26
Renting vs. Buying Remind me to check out Gamefly (tags: Xbox360 Videogame) America at a Crossroads | PBS NPR : Bill Moyers, Back on the Beat “Buying the War” Dan Heller on Keywording and the future of stock photography (tags: photography tagging)