Know Your Cryptids #1: Mutant Pigmen
bruce So, this morning, I got an email with the subject line “Mutant Pigmen”. Now, since I just found out that the GaryCon event schedule had been published, and that I…
The 500 Meter Hurdles In Being Wrong About Something
Ice Cream Jonsey Aric did the heavy lifting here. The original interview was on PC Gamer, here. PC Gamer interviewed game developer Jonathan Blow about his upcoming game, and this came to light:…
The Social Network
Pinback The Social Network keeps the streak alive. What streak is that? The Fincher streak. Many have heard me talk about this, so if this is a repeat, forgive: David Fincher,…
Al Davis Looks Like The Spectre From The Bard’s Tale
Will your stalwart band choose to fight or run?
Bull (2008) by Kent Tessman
I am posting this like an entire year late. I loved Bull. I want you to love it, too. But I have to confess that I have spent every night…
Yahoo!’s Sign-in Protection Really Sets My Mind At Ease
The first time Yahoo! behaved like childish cunts to me, it was 1998. I had just gotten a new (to me) car. I wanted to show my friends a photo…
It’s The Little Things
(An exchange between my friend Gerrit and I.) Robb: Did ya “dress up” for Halloween? Gerrit: Yes. I spent $2.00 to get some green face paint and went as the…
CRISIS: International Multiplayer Has Been Removed From Onlinegames.com Basketball!
The best game of 2009 was, in fact, onlinegames.com/basketball. This was amazing, because up until that point, there had only been one decent game ever written in Flash: Nanaca Crash.…
Hugo, via DOS, on the iPad
Flack wrote an article on his site regarding the iPad app “iDos”. He was able to run Hugo games in DOS mode with it, which is, of course, close to…
There’s Manchildren Preventing Me From Spending A Workday on Fallout: New Vegas, Manchildishly
The last time I called in sick from work to play a video game, it was for BioShock. I guess it’s okay to reveal the truth now, seeing how the…