Archive for May, 2008
I don’t want to go on the cart
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Misc.
I’m not dead, I’ve just been busy with my new job. Things should settle down by next week and you’ll all have brand-new material to not read.
Tekken 6 HD Arcade Machine spotted in Houston
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Games
While I was down in Houston this week on business (yes, actual business, not “business”), I ducked into the Tilt arcade in the Houston Galleria for a quick couple of games on my way out of town. I was pleasantly surprised to find a handful of clean, well-maintained, fun games. I was even more surprised to stumble upon a very new looking Tekken 6 [...]
GTA IV – Problems – Welcome to Glitcherty City
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Games, Reviews
Grand Theft Auto IV is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best games of the year, but it’s still got a few chinks in its armor. One of the biggest drawbacks of the “open world” or “sandbox” genre of game (which the GTA series pretty much pioneered), is the fact that since [...]
Best customer service not involving nudity
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Misc.
So I recently ordered a Dash Express GPS receiver from Amazon, and I was excited enough to shell out for next-day shipping (okay, I did the free trial of Amazon Prime, so it was only four bucks…but still!). I placed the order in the middle of the day on Wednesday, so I was saddened [...]
Ridiculously specific and inappropriate Mother’s Day cards
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Misc.
I hope everyone had a good Mother’s Day yesterday. I also hope you remembered to send my best wishes to your mom for me.
While shopping for Mother’s Day cards last week, I was amazed at how specific some of the cards were. Amongst category headers such as “Mother – funny” or [...]
GTA IV – Gameplay: All the world is yours
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Games, Reviews
The Grand Theft Auto series popularized the idea of an open-world game, and GTA IV really takes it to the next level. The game is set in Liberty City, a sprawling urban environment so closely based on New York City that the first time I saw the trailer, I thought it was set in [...]
The problem with niches…
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Rants, TV
With cable and satellite viewers assaulted with eleventy-billion channels, cable broadcasters have to carve niches for themselves so they can find an audience. This is how we ended up with channels like E! Style, Sleuth, The Food Network, and thirteen different Discovery channels. Within the last five years or so, TBS decided to change [...]