Archive for the 'Gaming' Category

The Grill

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

I made a special trip to the store today to buy more charcoal and lighter fluid. Yes, I know lighter fluid is both wasteful and environmentally unsound, and I should use a charcoal lighting chimney arrangement made out of large coffee cans and a grating, but I don’t like crappy coffee enough to chase down […]

TR is gone, and it’s your fault!

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Tabula Rasa was shut down tonight, and the people online were largely positive to the end. But the endless speculation continues: TR was shut down because of lag, TR was shut down because of bad promotion, and so on. Well, all this is crap. Tabula Rasa had some problems, most notably it was launched during […]

Fallout 3 is great, if you approach it the right way

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Fallout 3 can be a fun or extremely boring and stupid experience, depending on how you approach it. I would argue that it’s no better or worse than Fallout 2, a delightful game that ultimately disappoints, while still remaining a good game. Fallout 3 is flawed: The main story line is painfully bad. Many zones […]