The Sims 2 is coming out next month! September 17th, if you’re not already counting down. The Sims is a real tough act to follow. It’s the best-selling PC game ever, because it is hugely popular with a wide audience, regardless of sex or age or even previous gaming experience.
Which is not to say that [...]
I have come to the conclusion that I am too stupid to watch football. I can tell you the Julian-Claudian linage from Appius the Blind to Nero. I can debate post-colonial theory. I am lethal at AoE and Civ2. I can even drive a car! But I can’t actually follow a football game.
So I asked [...]
Stick and I went to see The Village yesterday. I got the tickets, which is truly a rarity. Stick has this bizarre, old-fashioned notion that he needs to pay for me, which is sweet, but this time I ran a secret mission to the ticket box while he went to the ATM. This proves [...]
“You can tell a lot about a person from their car” Stick told me.
“Really?”
“Yeah, your car is a reflection of your personality.”
“No way, I notice clothes way more. A car’s just a way to get from point A to point B,”
“Clothes just keep you warm. And to keep boys from staring at you!” He reminds [...]
The concept of a drive-thru is awesome to a new driver. It’s like an obstacle course, a real-life Grand Turismo where at the end I win french fries. Actually, the concept of a drive-thru is pretty disturbing. So you pull up in your gas-guzzling car, because it would kill you to park and WALK in. [...]
