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When I was an undergraduate student in a web development class I experimented with an art site, now perhaps-mercifully gone from the internet, that was deliberately difficult to navigate.  At one point, a clue on the site pointed surfers to an invisible pixel that they had to click to proceed; at another, knowing how to…

I was running a series of what felt like somewhat-routine checks for the New California Republic. Update the comm frequencies at Alpha, Bravo, etc., down the line.  Doing this task made me feel again like the “Courier” I was in fact supposed to be portraying. When I came across Ranger Station Alpha, I did take…

I know, the title promises of a pun and doesn’t really deliver. It’s just a statement. I really like survival horror.  I had bought Alan Wake on a whim during one of my game shopping sprees but hadn’t managed to bust it open yet. Then Time Magazine named it Game of the Year, and I…

This year saw some interesting stuff in gaming and new territory where it comes to both myself and this blog. I’d like to thank all the people who have started following me over this past year! I’d also like to give my appreciation for all the people who have snuck by and commented on my various…

I watched the Spike VG Awards, because they were there, and because as a video game blogger I should probably do such things.  But mostly because they were there.  And I knew they were going to be embarrassing and juvenile because they just are, despite the class imbued by Neil Patrick Harris. But I guess what bugs…

I officially have Gamer ADD. After finishing Kirby’s Epic Yarn and putting a big cut in Fallout: New Vegas during my Thanksgiving break I was ready for something quick, offbeat and unusual. I stumbled on Kieron Gillen’s post about a game called Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer the other night and immediately played it all through in one sitting when…

The Brainy Gamer seems to be dedicating some articles to Kirby’s Epic Yarn this week. And, well… I was wrong earlier, and he is right – regardless of the “serious business status” of the game it definitely deserves scrutiny and study.  So I guess this is to say that I am wrong about it not deserving…

Lately I’m playing Fallout: New Vegas on X-Box 360.  Enjoying how the story is coming out.  Starting out I didn’t really “get” it, but it’s actually sort of refreshing to be put in a situation where the fate of the world is not, in fact, in my hands.  It makes me feel a little more…

Tuesday of this week, the Supreme Court argued a case that is important to the video game industry.  Most people who follow the industry know about this one.  You can learn more about the situation by reading all sorts of blogs all over the internet – Gamepolitics.com has a pretty broad set of articles and…

Thanks to all the fun stuff that happens at the beginning of a new school term, I’ve been fairly busy!  I’m trying to decide if, when things settle down a touch, I can do the IF Comp reviews again this year. However I have a personal goal to wrap up my 3D Modeling project first.…