Author Archives: Mark
April 15, 2015 Unreasonable Expectations
It’s often fascinating to me to see how games work and why they’re set up the way they are. I don’t remember when I first realized on-rails shooters were set up that way to show you specific scenes in specific ways or that Resident Evil’s weird camera angles were to maximize the chances you’d get scared, […]
Tags: Simpsons, Sims, Tapped Out
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April 14, 2015 Tuesday 10: Movies of 2001
I have seen 70 of the 400+ movies that were released in 2001. Looking through the list revealed only a couple other ones I’d actually be interested in, but when you consider movies like A Beautiful Mind and Training Day didn’t even make my list of favorites for the year, maybe it’s for the best I […]
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April 13, 2015 Movie Monday: Furious 7
I have seen exactly two of the Fast & Furious movies, so I don’t feel I can weigh in on the whole series, but I do want to say a few things. First, this naming scheme rivals the Rambo series for pure awesomeness/insanity: 1. The Fast and the Furious (2001) 2. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) […]
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April 3, 2015 Seeing Letterman
Last week my wife, her sister, and I drove to New York City for a couple of days (Sunday evening through Wednesday morning), and it was mostly because I wanted to see a taping of The Late Show. My wife and her sister had no desire to see The Late Show (yeah, I don’t get […]
Tags: Letterman
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March 31, 2015 Tuesday 8: Brian Wilson’s AMA Answers
Reddit is the Mos Eisley of the Internet (well, one of the many Mos Eisleys on the Internet), but one of the cool things that happens there is the “AMA,” the Ask Me Anything. People from all walks of life (often celebrities, but not always) swing by and answer questions posted in the thread. If a […]
Tags: AMA, Brian Wilson, Tuesday10
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