Category: Play

Gary Gygax recently passed away.  For those who don’t know Gary Gygax, he invented Dungeons & Dragons.  I read his books from cover to cover, and spent many hours playing with Curtis, Kevin, Bonnie. I am pretty sure I owned this copy of the book too. Following the announcement of his death and as a …

I just received a notice in my inbox that Spore is coming!  It is scheduled to be released September 7, 2008.  I have been waiting so long… The actual release video is a big disappointment, showing little of the ingenuity or creative flair that the game promises.  This screenshot shows …

First person shooters are freakin’ awesome.  The first, first person shooter (FPS) was Maze War which, for 1973 was pretty revolutionary.  The simple line art indicated space and users should move along and shoot opponents.  We have come a long way from this: to this: Call of Duty 4 has got to be …

Apparently this was on slashdot yesterday, but a co-workers sent it to me this morning.  It appeals to the artist and geek in me.

The problem with copying a stylistic feature of another film is that forever more you will be compare to that film.  So the move by Cloverfield to utilize the shaky hand-held camera technique that made the Blair Witch such a hit was a gutsy move.  However it wasn’t big on plot, …

I stumbled across this chart of the top 100 Canadian albums of all time. Evidently it was made by musically challenged Morons. Neil Young has an astonishing 7 albums on the chart, yet the Barenaked Ladies do not have even one. Not one! Ever heard of the album Gordon? Speaking …

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I came across this cool site, The Morning News with some neat photo galleries. I swiped two of them to share with you and hopefully you will go over and check them out. This is from “Ursine” by Jill Greenberg. the appeal is obvious. Who doesn’t want a big furry …