The Proper Use of Expanded Universes

I touched a bit on this in my Gears of War 3 review last night, but one thing I’m getting pretty sick of is an overuse and misuse of expanded universe references in video games.  While it’s well and good for video games to develop beyond the game disc and branch out across multiple mediums, [...]

Thoughts on Fantasy

This post on Io9.com made me think.  There really are a lot of weird issues with the fantasy genre.  Personally, I’ve grappled with the idea of the “super gene” (as I call it) that shows up in a lot of speculative fiction stories.  The gene that makes magical ability or other extranormal abilities run in [...]

I’m back and I’m rested

I took the past week off to rest a little bit.  Work had become really stressful and while I had some time to update over Thanksgiving break, I decided to take the time off to have a complete brain reboot.  I had just gotten way too tired and I figured that would be the best [...]

It’s Late, I know

I almost forgot to put this up, but damn, I need to do so while these resumes are printing out. I might be alone in thinking this, but I think DJ Hero looks annoying.  Techno and dance music are two of the few musical genres I’ve never really gotten into, so this sort of fuels [...]

Also, I saw Zombieland on Friday but couldn’t fit into the post. It’s awesome

I’m close to beating Uncharted 2.  I’m going to play through it again on hard when I beat it, which will probably be tonight or tomorrow.  I just want everyone to know that it’s completely bad ass, vastly improved over the already excellent original game and very fun.  I recommend plunking down the requisite $60 [...]

Just a quick update

It turned into one of those days pretty quickly for me and I almost forgot to update.  I spent most of the evening watching Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi with Kate this evening, and then I got lost on the Fallout Wiki again. As I mentioned yesterday, I picked up Uncharted 2.  I played it for [...]