Monthly Archives: April 2007

Acer & Vista Upgrade from Moduslink

Interesting tidbit from the PCWorld forums for those of us with Acer laptops waiting on our free Vista upgrades. http://forums.pcworld.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=32036 It seems as though they may start shipping as of May 1.  That’s progress, I suppose.  Acer taking so long … Continue reading

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Things that are good

1) Shadow of the Colossus is washing away those Buffy related frustrations. 2) Some of the stuff I’ve put up on eBay has sold, been paid for, and shipped off. Less stuff in the apartment! More money in the paypal … Continue reading

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Y Buffy Kant Swim?

So this week’s games have been P.N. 03 on the Gamecube and Buffy the Vampire Slayer for Xbox. I haven’t gotten far enough into P.N.03 to really talk about it, but I’ve seen a bit more of Buffy, enough to … Continue reading

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The internet is a powerful and terrible thing

Set the wayback machine to 1997, when the Saturn ruled the earth, crushing lesser syst… Oh, all right, it was already obviously on the way out in the US and all English speaking countries, but some of us didn’t buy … Continue reading

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Nekomimi fan-service

It seems like about half the hits I get from search engines are people searching on “nekomimi” – so, in an attempt to give my readers what they want, which is not me griping about school or droning on about … Continue reading

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Stuff, the accumulation thereof

There’s one unavoidable fact about being a fanboy – you accumulate stuff. This is a hell of a lot of fun.   I think, for most fanboys, the act of buying something cool is in itself almost as much fun as … Continue reading

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Defining “Success”

One of the great things about being a guy is there are whole industries devoted almost exclusively to pandering to you. Hence we get games like Dead or Alive Xtreme 2. Another great thing about being a guy is not … Continue reading

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Attack of the Games from Western Developers.

For a bit of a change of pace after ICO, I decided to put Justice League Heroes in the Xbox and give it a try. I have to give Snowblind Studios a hearty thumbs up for their accomplishment. I really … Continue reading

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Online classes am hard!

It’s 3 weeks into the term and I feel like I may finally have my feet under me with my online courses. I went all-online this term because my former employer told me that I would have to do some … Continue reading

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I-co, I-co, un-day

ICO joins the list of games I ought to have played ages ago and am only now seeing why everyone was mad about them. Short, charming, and only slightly maddening – platform style jumping with the PS2 analog stick is … Continue reading

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