Monthly Archives: October 2008

The Best Game in the World is the One You Haven’t Played Yet

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

Although I definitely had some stuff I have to do around the yard tomorrow, I did mostly take tomorrow off from work to play Fallout 3. I have talked about using a vacation day for a video game for years, … Continue reading →

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Gravitron 2 is Every Game Rolled Into One

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

Pinback: Robb? Gravitar, Robb? Fan? ICJ: Yeah, I am a fan ICJ: At first I wasn’t? But I am totally a fan now ICJ: Half of the reason why is because of the technology involved ICJ: COLOR ICJ: FUCKING ICJ: … Continue reading →

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Lovely Vegas, Part Two

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

Saturday started off with me trying to count the drinks I had the night before – I had an initial count that was low, and would actually remember them as the day went on, like they were lousy quarterbacks that … Continue reading →

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Lovely Vegas

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

Lovely Vegas “Vegas is the city of Las Vegas. No one is quite sure how the Soviet missiles managed to miss the city, but most folks figure it was because the “house” was betting against a missile landing — and … Continue reading →

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Khaaaaaaaaaan!

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

I hate doing this, but I was swamped today – the only writing I did today is, man this is going to dork the place up something fierce – my take on why Wrath of Khan is more fondly remembered … Continue reading →

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Get Your Goddamn Multi-Q*bert On

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

The Multi-Q*bert board is coming back! I just received an e-mail from Mike Doyle, and the thing is coming back into production, with the intent to get it to people by Thanksgiving.  All right, just what is the Multi Q*bert … Continue reading →

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Some Troll Police

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

This is a few years old, but comes from me trying to learn how to make photographs look more comicy. Concept by Jhoh “Creexul” Cable, words by Mischief Maker, I put the panels together. You can click on it to … Continue reading →

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Indie Games

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

I am counting down my ten favorite indie games in this thread over at Caltrops. 

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The Canonical List of Miserable Games

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

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 … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Song In The World (Of The Next 48-72 Hours)

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

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 … Continue reading →

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