“Come play with the zombies,” they said.

“We can play zombies for hours, Girlfriend!” they said.
“You’ve got to get Call of Duty: World at War so we can play zombies,” they said.
“Hey, Girlfriend, you got World at War yet?  It’s soooo much better than Horde,” they said.
So, I got it.
…And let me tell you, those Nazi zombies have got NOTHING on [...]

Baldur’s Gate II Made Us Look Like Chumps…TWICE–wait, maybe THREE times!

“Fool me once, shame on you… Fool me twice, shame on me.”
In November of 2002, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance was released for the Gamecube.  Jer and I were living together in geeky video game-playing splendor, and we picked up a copy of it to see if I liked the RPG style & co-op mode it [...]

Eternal Sonata (a.k.a. “Depression in a Pretty Package”)

We snagged a copy of Eternal Sonata for the xbox 360 a few months ago. With all the hustle and bustle of the last few months, we haven’t sat down to play it until recently. After a very long day of sorting through things and running around apartment shopping, Jer and I decided [...]

And now for something completely different…

Yes, I know.  Monty Python references are SOOOOO 1990/80/70/British.  I was going to call this post “A Break in Programming” but then couldn’t get past the double meaning of the word “Programming” since I’m in the web/tech industry and all.  I didn’t want there to be any cheesy double-meanings, so I opted for time-tested cheese [...]

Pre-orders Will Be the Death of My Bank Account

(and possibly my relationship when Jer finds out)
Amazon is evil. Evil and vicious and Evil! They keep sending me emails about things they know I can’t resist! First it was the Gaiman books… then it was the Nintendo DS games… then the seasons of Scrubs, House, and the Barbara Mandrell show (it [...]