Dispatches from the Commission

I do not envy our building manager, a quiet, friendly man, who lives directly beneath High Charity. He’s been made to deal with drunken yelling, drunken falling-all-over-the-floor, Rock Band, belligerent yelling, and Rock Band 2. Unfortunately, with this most recent game release, he’s sure to hear more than that — including, probably, a few things [...]

He was so unsure, the prince. The worries tugged at his hands, and drew lines on his face. Perhaps he didn’t have reason to worry, perhaps he did; he could never tell one way or the other. It had been so long, he had given up trying to tell. One night (or was it every [...]

Last night I downloaded the demo of Castle Crashers for the Xbox 360. Not too long after that, I unlocked it. Castle Crashers is, at first glance, a delightful, four-player romp harkening to the Sunset Riders, X-Men and TMNT: Turtles in Time arcade games — simple, fun brawling games et al. Never without a sense [...]

The trip home was excellent. If you missed my visit, then you are a chump, and should visit Seattle to make it up. — For those who don’t own an Xbox 360, there’s some wonderful news for you: Braid is going to be released on PC sometime this year. For the uninitiated, Braid is a [...]

piracy is rampant at LANs here. The difference is that of hardware — people have generally better machines, and so, newer games are pirated. More as I discover it.

Let’s go with a bulleted list for this. Per my girlfriend’s recommendation, I’ve tried a handful of caffeinated chocolates of the “Starbuzzer’s Rocket Chocolate” brand. Candy-wise, they’re pretty good, caffeine-wise, well, that’s to be seen. I have solid dates for my visit to Alaska, upon which I will be accompanied by said girlfriend. Mark your [...]

Over the weekend, and into today, I found myself pondering what I’d select as my next topic. Indeed, a pretty wide gamut of acceptable topics presented themselves, but I couldn’t really settle on one. I gave thought to comparing the communities of PC gaming and console gaming (a bit overdone, perhaps), to the issues of [...]

I’m sitting in a cloth-lined cube, my phone isn’t ringing, my manager is quietly tending his financial crop, and indeed, things are entirely idle. I could do nothing but frequent forums, catch up on webcomics, and perhaps try, in hushed tones,  to teach my Nintendog husky pup to jump into the air, but that all [...]