Archive for April, 2006

Friday Links

Friday, April 14th, 2006

If you caught Rob Cordry's piece on racism last week on The Daily Show, you saw a big-ass list of groups Rob hates scroll by at the speed of sound.  If, like me, you were too lazy to pause it, Dead Frog wrote it down for you.  Funny stuff.·BBC News reports on the world's most [...]

Men In Games

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

Let's face facts.  Men in gaming has been something of an oddity for most of the history of the hobby.  Man-gaming, as it exists today, is nothing more than a fan-grrrl dream, a nod to political correctness that says we must somehow acknowledge their presence or be frowned on by the legions of crazed hominists [...]

I couldn't be bothered to write anything of substance today

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Referrer logs are fun.  You get to see some of the strange places people are following links from to get to your ramblings.  Google links are especially fun.  For instance, people googling “porkbarrel” see that my rant on the politics of GTA comes in at around number 10.  So even though it's probably completely irrelevant [...]

Fallen Heroes

Monday, April 10th, 2006

A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen. - Edward de Bono
I found myself playing DAoC again this weekend.  It's worth mentioning only because I've been playing it less and less, especially since it's turned into the ID/BG grind.  But I do come back from time to time, [...]

Here we go again

Friday, April 7th, 2006

From Errormacro.com:
“A modder who went to make a nude skin for Oblivion (there's always
one.. well, probably several dozen), found that the job was going to be
rather easier than he thought.”
Because Bethesda was thoughtful enough to include the skins in the “Rated T for Teens” software.

Diary of a Gold Farmer

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Our spies have uncovered a Chinese gold farmer's diary.  Many rebels died to bring this to you, intrepid reader.
Day 1Sweeeeet!  This job fucking rocks.  I can't believe I'm getting paid to play a game!!!  Everyone has been so nice to me, showing me where the office supplies are and all that.  The downside is that [...]

City of Sharks

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Continuing my tour of the city by the bay…
Like any large city, San Francisco is not without its share of problems.  It has crime, congestion, pollution, interesting weather, and…sharks in the public restrooms.

You can't make this stuff up folks.
Quite frankly, I found the situation completely unsatisfactory, and not just because I had recently polished off [...]

Heroscape is cool

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

I'm always fascinated by those tabletop games you see in game and hobby stores.  Usually they're populated by Warhammer miniatures, or any number of re-creations of historical or alternate history battles.  I admire the sheer amount of work that goes into the painting and creation of such interesting and diverse landscapes, but I admit they [...]

The Tally

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

2 readers thought I'd been hacked, and I learned more about beanie babies while “researching” the post than I care to mention.
If you liked the “new site,” here it is, preserved for posterity.  Feel free to drop in from time to time and get your fix.

The new format!

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

You thought I was kidding,
didn't ya!  Well I've had it.  I can't stand the grind
anymore.  What with all the nerfing and the patching and the
griefing…it's just too much.  So I'm going back to what I should
have done in the first place, and that's share my love of all things
Beanie Babies with you.  We're all going [...]


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