http://www.joltcountry.com The Great On-Line Empire Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:48:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wrote a scene in Fallacy of Dawn where the player is expected to give horrible games to a clerk that is a bit of a gaming elitist. The clerk can't BELIEVE you came to the counter with a few gems from the bargain bin, and... okay, it isn't the ... http://www.joltcountry.com/index.php/features/the-canonical-list-of-miserable-games If you're at all like me, you listen to three or four songs in constant rotation. You'll get sick of them after a month or so - maybe! - but also maybe not. When I wrote Revenger, I placed the following into the credits: I wrote this game unable to get ... http://www.joltcountry.com/index.php/features/my-favorite-song-in-the-world-of-the-next-48-72-hours Pinner wrote the article with that very title on Caltrops, which I will link to ... here!  (OK, the link works now.) http://www.joltcountry.com/index.php/features/coolness-vs-playability-sword-of-the-stars-first-impression I have reduced my gameplaying activities to virtually nothing but "galactic conquest games". Last time, you heard me speak about Mayhem Intergalactic, a small indie title which takes the space 4X game and reduces it to its base elements, providing a galactic conquest experience in under 30 minutes, sometimes even under ... http://www.joltcountry.com/index.php/features/galcon-take-me-away I remember reading the Saints' schedule at the beginning of the year. It's soft-serve ice cream. This was the weakest schedule I've ever seen them with. I'm not going to blame Ed Hochuli for a miserably-officiated game. The Saints beat themselves. I'm not going to blame all the turnovers or Martin ... http://www.joltcountry.com/index.php/features/saints-vs-vikings It's been a while since we had a hot sauce update. The truth is, I was totally out of the game for a while, but I've begun to enjoy hot sauces again. Not in the same way as before, though. I've calmed down quite a bit since those hazy, crazy days ... http://www.joltcountry.com/index.php/features/hot-sauce-update My pitching has been pretty terrible in my first two seasons. I think my team was letting up like five runs a game. Some of this was due to my park (I played in the 2005 version of the Skydome, which was a rocket launching pad) and some of it ... http://www.joltcountry.com/index.php/features/diamond-mind-2008-pitchers Guys: You make women feel terrible about how they dress and act 364 days a year. Especially if you're on the Internet. Don't you monsters DARE try to "recognize the irony" in the whole sexy bumblebee, sexy witch, sexy Princess Toadstool, sexy Female Arnold Rimmer phenomenon. You ... http://www.joltcountry.com/index.php/features/quit-fucking-around-with-halloween The last couple of years, I have been in an AL-only Diamond Mind computer baseball league with seven other guys. I have finished in 7th place both years.  During last year's draft, I wanted to make sure that I had a chance to grab both Delmon Young and Dustin McGowan, so ... http://www.joltcountry.com/index.php/features/diamond-mind-baseball-2008 Ahhh... the weekend! Another stressful week complete. Relax as I did, won't you? ...By heading over to The Post-Pessimist Association! http://www.joltcountry.com/index.php/features/gregs-burgertime-story