Archive for May, 2008

I don’t want to go on the cart

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3 years ago
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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

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3 years ago
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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 machine.

Honestly, I’ve never really been into Tekken — I’m more of a Soul Calibur and Street Fighter guy.  But the Internet tells me it’s running on an arcade board based on the PS3, and it’s not ever going to be More >

GTA IV – Problems – Welcome to Glitcherty City

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3 years ago
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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 almost anything can happen, it’s pretty difficult to predict and fix every single glitch or bug. GTA IV actually had its release date pushed back from Christmas to April, so it had extra time to cook. The game still lacks some polish and there are plenty of odd glitches here and there. With my time on the 360 version, More >

Best customer service not involving nudity

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3 years ago
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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 and surprised when I checked my account status on Thursday, only to find the item hadn’t shipped. After a quick call to their incredibly cordial customer support, they confirmed the item was in stock and would ship that day, and they refunded the shipping charge. I was a little upset that I’d have to wait one More >

 

Ridiculously specific and inappropriate Mother’s Day cards

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3 years ago
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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 “From son,” there were increasingly specific categories like, “Mother – close relationship.” Some of them even got more specific (forgive the blurry camera phone pics).

Now, normally when I buy a card for any occasion, I try to find a card that’s personal, meaningful, and actually applicable. This can frequently More >

GTA IV – Gameplay: All the world is yours

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3 years ago
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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 real world. Even though Liberty City is smaller in scale than NYC, it feels huge, thanks to a nearly unlimited field of view. Go up to a rooftop and you’ll see skyscrapers, streets, and bridges, all of which you can visit. The view is even more breathtaking from a helicopter at night, when the city is lit up and More >

The problem with niches…

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3 years ago
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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 its image from that of a low-rent local UHF station that plays reruns of old sitcoms all day, to that of an upscale basic cable network specializing in comedy by playing reruns of old sitcoms all day. They essentially accomplished this by snazzing up their More >

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