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The AL MVP Race

Ice Cream Jonsey September 29, 2011 3 Comments

I wrote this in the comments of Joe Posanki’s blog, but what the heck. Joe was talking about how the most valuable player race would go in the American League…

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SECRETS: Tommy John Surgery

Ice Cream Jonsey September 22, 2011 No Comments

On September 22nd, 2011, I decided it was time for the Internet to know my secrets. Told only to my Internet Comedy Partner, Pinback, the time is now right for…

interactive fiction

My 20 Favorite Text Games

Ice Cream Jonsey September 21, 2011 1 Comment

Note: Victor is holding a thread on intfiction.org for a list of everyone’s favorite text games here. There is still time to submit yours! I enjoy voting. But like most…

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Treasure

Ice Cream Jonsey September 8, 2011 No Comments

Let me tell you about my friend Jack Straw. Jack was a teenaged kid when he originally found my dial-up BBS (still called Jolt Country) in Rochester. There was a…

cryptids interactive fiction

Cryptozookeeper: For Sale

Ice Cream Jonsey August 20, 2011 2 Comments

Please buy my wares. I know that many people who get the Planet IF feed are probably already aware that I am selling the two-disc Cryptozookeeper pack on my webpage.…

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Today In Shitty Sportswriting

Ice Cream Jonsey August 10, 2011 3 Comments

From this awful piece of nonsense. Several Jays had extreme splits in 2010. Bautista, for example, had a 1.118 OPS (on-base plus slugging) with 33 homers at home but an…

interactive fiction

This Post Does Nothing But Get You An Icon File.

Ice Cream Jonsey August 2, 2011 1 Comment

Jon Blask, who was wonderful playing the part of Grimloft in Cryptozookeeper, very nicely provided me with an icon file for the game. You can download it here, (please right-click…

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Feeding Frenzy review on Caltrops

Ice Cream Jonsey July 27, 2011 No Comments

I reviewed the very fun little rubber monster movie, by RedLetterMedia, over on Caltrops.

interactive fiction

The 2011 IntroComp is on!

Ice Cream Jonsey July 2, 2011 1 Comment

Last year, I entered the IntroComp, which is a yearly competition that encourages authors to submit the intro of their in-progress text adventure. I took second place, but I also…

movies

Pinback’s Final 2010 Academy Nominee Rankings

Pinback June 25, 2011 No Comments

As of three nights ago, we’ve finally made it through all ten of last year’s Best Picture nominees, thanks to True Grit finally coming out on DVD. I will now…

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