Category Archives: Videogames
May 6, 2014 Tuesday 11: Favorite Fandoms
It’s my 42nd birthday today, so I thought I’d take what that number portends and talk a little about my favorite things I’m a fan of. I don’t have the energy (or memory!) I once did to memorize all kinds of facts and figures, so my participation these days is more passive. At the same […]
Tags: Batman, Lego, Muppets, Q*bert, Scrabble, Star Trek, TMNT, Tuesday10, Weird Al
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May 2, 2014 DLC
Side note: sometimes I sing “DLC!” to the tune of AC/DC’s “TNT.” Now you can, too! I both love and hate downloadable content. It’s a great way to spend more time in a game I like, but it’s also more money. A $60 game quickly turns into an $80+ game, and I already didn’t like spending […]
Tags: Batman, DLC, Mass Effect
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April 25, 2014 Stories Are Important
One of the games I’m playing these days is Assassin’s Creed Liberation. It’s set in the latter half of 1700 in New Orleans and Mexico, and the main character is Aveline de Grandpré. She is of French and African heritage, born to a French father and an African slave mother. Aveline was raised in a wealthy environment and was later […]
Tags: Assassin's Creed
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April 24, 2014 Homemade Q*bert Costume
Some days I just search for “Q*bert” online and see what pops up. Most of the time it’s something I’ve seen a bunch before – I mean, it’s been close to 30 years since Q*bert’s heyday, let’s be honest. There isn’t going to be much new stuff, even though there should be. My mom has […]
Tags: Q*bert
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April 21, 2014 Music Monday: Katy Perry in Simlish
Katy Perry is a huge, huge star. (Sorry, I needed one more totally obvious statement to complete the set and get an Achievement.) Pretty much everyone’s heard her or heard of her and has an opinion on her one way or another. Near as I can tell, she got really famous for her “I Kissed a Girl” […]
Tags: Katy Perry, Sims
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