Monthly Archives: August 2009
Nancy Drew Dossier: Resorting To Danger
Resorting To Danger, by Her Interactive, is the second in the Nancy Drew Dossier series, following Lights, Camera, Curses!. This time, Nancy is investigating a series of bombs at the Redondo, a rejuvenation clinic for the stars. The bombs are … Continue reading
Lights, Camera, Curses!
When Stick and I are shopping, we like to look at the PC games for sale and see how we’re connected to each one. Stick will point out games that he worked on, or that his friends and former Cyberlore … Continue reading
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
I’m pretty sure ‘virile marketing’ is something else entirely.
Montezuma’s Revenge
I say that we’ve been playing multiplayer, but actually I think we’re playing two entirely different games that just happen to look similar. Let’s start with the fact that Stick likes to sing the Civilization themesong… which doesn’t have words. I don’t even turn on the sound. It’s not that I don’t like the song, I just don’t care too much for in-game sound effects. I played the game for months before we happened to play a hotseat game on his PC, and I learned that the units speak in their native languages on activation. The Chinese units (usually mine) say “What do you want?” and the Romans (usually Stick’s) say “What are your orders?” Continue reading
Cary Is Now Less Awesome
I just heard from Orin of I Heart Chaos (NSFW) that the Awesome Street sign was stolen! Cary has now become less awesome. PS I’m in New Jersey this week, I have an alibi!
Lost in Blue 2
I’ve been playing Lost in Blue 2 on the DS for a while now, and while I always love games about island survival, like MyTribe, Sims 2: Castaway, etc., there’s a lot of room for improvement in Lost in Blue. … Continue reading
Summer Camp
I’m in my hometown in New Jersey for a week, helping with Vacation Bible School at my dad’s church. I’ve gotten some surprised looks from different clients and co-workers when I said I’ll be out of town because I’m going … Continue reading
Green Thumb
“And how are your plants doing? Are they still alive?” my mom asked on the phone the other night. “Yes!” “Meg, that’s great!” “You didn’t have to sound quite so surprised, Mom.”
Screwed By The Town Of Cary
We drove by this house on Maynard today. I’m just guessing here but I think someone’s unhappy. Edit 8/6: Hi to everyone who’s finding my blog by googling for “screwed by the town of Cary!” I snapped this just because … Continue reading
Tarheel Road
Just another blue-sky day in North Carolina. (I mean, it’s no Awesome Street…)
