Archives for April, 2007
Settlers of Catan, my favorite board game of all time is coming to xbox live this week! I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am about this. My coworker Kelly also has a 360, so I’m sure I’ll be playing with him. Unfortunately, like almost every xbox live title, I’m pretty sure [...]
“It wasn’t my fault! Really it wasn’t! An old friend came in out of town! The car ran out of gas! I got a flat tire! I didn’t have enough money for cab fare! The tux didn’t come back from the cleaners! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! IT WASN’T MY FAULT I [...]
“I suggested to Nora that we go to the playground. She pumped her fists in the air and yelled, ‘SCIENTIFIC!’ This is excellent happy-exclamation slang and we should all start using it immediately. Scientific is the new kick ass.” – Mimi Smartypants
On Friday, our CEO was out of the office for his birthday. So we filled his office with 300 balloons. We got the helium tank from a place downtown, and it took about a half-hour for a bunch of us to inflate all 300. We found out that 300 balloons is the perfect amount to [...]
Can I just take a second to brag about my nephew? Seriously, how freaking adorable is this kid? Look at that smile, and then the followup scowl. I love how expressive he is – and when he laughs, you can’t help but laugh with him. (Photos from Dave and Rose’s flickr photostream.)
Sorry for all the reviews lately. I’ve been meaning to get them posted for awhile now, and this week I’m pushing a big deadline at work, so I don’t have much motivation to write anything more substantial. On the plus side, when I came home from work tonight, Zoe did something she’s never done for [...]
Crackdown is a great game with one major feature lacking: local co-op. When I bought the game, I was really excited because it was clearly labeled as a two-player game. Turns out what they mean is it’s two-player over xbox live. So since no one else I know owns the game, and I’m not into [...]
Even though Bill Gates thinks this game is for girls, I enjoy it. Take the best parts of the Sims and Animal Crossing, and throw in a healthy mix of farming, and you’ve got a rough idea of what Viva Piñata is like. I think what I like best is that this is a game [...]
When I first got Gears of War, I thought there was no way it would live up to all the hype, but it would be a good way to kill time until Halo 3 came out. When I started playing, I was unimpressed. The lack of a jump button and the cover mechanic seemed unnatural. [...]
On the original xbox, one of the best games for parties was Dead or Alive 3. Something about the combination of the tag team mode with the over-the-top characters just made it fun to watch, and even more fun to play. Even a button masher like myself stood a decent chance of winning a round. [...]
Chris, I bought you a very special bottle of beer to celebrate this special anniversary: Colt 45. My tasting notes: Notes of desperation, with a strong alcohol nose. Pours clear straw yellow with thin white head and fine lacing. I also poured a little out for your b-day. Some adjuncts detected, probably corn, rice or [...]
When I saw this lying on the sidewalk, I actually did a double-take. There’s no way they misspelled that, I thought. Surely this is some elaborate pun that I just don’t get. I mean, do they not have spell-checkers at the New York Times?
The headline on today’s Oregonian: Kulongoski has ‘come alive.’ In my mind, the headline continued: “Zombie Governor terrorizes state capital.”
