Tag Archives: games
thoughts on Desktop Tower Defense
Played a ton of Desktop Tower Defense yesterday. If you haven’t seen it, “creeps” enter the field from the top and left of your screen, and try to leave via the bottom and right. You place little towers to take … Continue reading
not much of a blogger
Or so says Cratchit (who actually said I’m not much of a blogger “these days”, which allows us both to reflect on the glory days of blogging everything we bought, every cheese sandwich we ate, and every annoying person who … Continue reading
the revolutionary xbox 360
I was in Bloomington for a meeting yesterday, and stopped by Best Buy on lunch. (I love having hour-long lunches back again. It’s the best.) But if you’ve been there recently, they’ve moved everything around and they’ll only let you … Continue reading
piiiiicks
FOOTBALL PICKS! FOOTBALL PICKS! Observant reader "TR" points out that the football season starts tomorrow, and there’s no picks-related linkage yet. Are you ready for picks? I am! Let’s do it on ESPN.com this year. (I am so tired of … Continue reading
sudoku
When we went on vacation for a week, I didn’t bring my Game Boy Advance (mostly because I couldn’t find Pokemon Ruby, but still, I didn’t bring it): I printed off a dozen hard Sudoku puzzles and scratched through them … Continue reading
death and poker
My lineup with the Rotten Dead Pool has expired, since my picks were made 13 months ago, and they only play for one year. It was a great year, with Reagan, the Pope… but a few surprises! While you could … Continue reading
d-pad announcement
Due to overwhelming demand (Tim saying he liked it, and Jer saying he’d actually write something this time), I’ll relaunch D-PAD, in place, sometime this week. (Also, I think there’s some cool stuff in MT/TP geared towards collaborative publishing, and … Continue reading
unofficial pc game soundtracks
Listening to DJ Shadow’s "Changeling", I’m reminded of Quake, and how I used to listen to "Endtroducing" incessantly while I played it. Thinking back, most of my FPS / PC gaming binges have been supported by albums-of-the-moment, and so here … Continue reading
onion games?
Yeah, now The Onion’s AV Club is getting in on the video game review biz. (It’s harder than it looks.) They write fairly well, and if their choice of Winning Eleven 8 is any sign of their priorities, they’ll stay … Continue reading
