Category Archives: Games

A clarification for the gamers in the audience

I keep my gamertag private, not secret. 🙂

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Merry Chrismount

Give me a week off, and I will goof off like nobody’s business. It’s been really nice to do it, frankly — I am always running like mad so to have a full week was the ultimate Christmas present. I … Continue reading

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Does the end justify the means?

Old question, but I’ve been asking myself that as I watch a particularly whiny blog entry shoot to over 500 Diggs. Short version: We called Sony for a loaner review unit of a Bravia HDTV and they said no purely … Continue reading

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5150 360 III

First it was a faceplate. Then it was a controller. Now the trilogy is complete. Mad props as always to Greg at Orbiter Guitars, who says that he is never VH-striping another game peripheral as long as he lives. Don’t … Continue reading

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Assumptions are the new journalism

Still busy, nothing major, but I did want to give a shout-out to Dan Hsu for pointing out that, you know, it’d be nice if the rumor-peddling megablogs actually did a little research once in a while. Please note they … Continue reading

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So busy! Have some links.

Holiday schedules plus holiday gigs plus holiday issue deadlines make me so busy I can’t blog. So busy I didn’t get to tell people I was going to be on the radio in various parts of the country this week, … Continue reading

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MP3 of the Moment: Jeff Gertsmann edition

I haven’t said anything about the Jeff Gertsmann situation because I haven’t been able to keep up with it. We had two gigs this weekend and that’s where my head was at. Short version: If it’s true, fuck yes I’ll … Continue reading

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“Rock Band is racist”?

I’m leaving out the name of the sender, but I had a strongly personal and angry reaction to a reader letter today. If I print it in the magazine, then I’m giving this guy way too much attention. If I … Continue reading

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Interview with me on Nukoda.com, part 2

More yammering.

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Romantics squabbles

Apparently sometimes cover bands can be too good. Mine does not suffer from this problem, but I found it interesting all the same. FWIW, the master license is far, far more expensive than a cover license; I get small-quantity mechanical … Continue reading

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