I can’t be the only one to find themselves in this situation. My iPod, a 30GB 5th generation black iPod Video, bought in May of 2006, had developed a problem – the headphone socket only producing sound via the left channel – due to nothing more than normal wear and tear, and it was naturally [...]
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Show Me Your Swag! 1st Edition
I am pleased to show off the first batch of YOUR swag! I received a great bunch of photos from a lot of different games and gaming events. I was very impressed with our first round of submissions. I got four great gamers who submitted this time, and I’m going to features something from all [...]
Show Me Your Swag!!
This is an idea I have been toying with for a while now. I would love to see and show off your gaming swag! It could be store-bought, received free with a game, or picked up at a convention. All you have to do is send me a JPG at jennabee25@yahoo.com and I’ll post the [...]
Geek Culture! Halloween-Geek Style
As Halloween approaches, I thought it might be fun to drum up a few geeky ideas to celebrate the night of tricking, treating, and lots of candy. Some these ideas are social, some are not, but all of them get in the spirit of the holiday.
Sacred Cow of Duty 4: Opinionated Warfare
Nobody bats an eyelid if you say you don’t like Dragon Quest, or FIFA, or Gran Turismo, or Civilization, or World of Warcraft, or The Sims, or any number of other games or series’ that sit on or near the top of the heaps of their respective genres. Even if you like the genre overall, but there’s still this one marquee franchise you don’t care for, your peers probably don’t give you too much flak about it. They put it down to individual taste, and go on with their days. Sometimes, though, there is the sacred cow – the enshrined game that must not be treated with anything less than reverence.
Some Other Handheld: Atari Lynx, 20 Years On
Lost in the flap over the 20th anniversaries of the Nintendo Game Boy and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 2009 was the 20th anniversary (last month, in fact) of the Atari Lynx, the second-to-last console to carry the ill-fated Atari brand. The Lynx was, and remains, one of the finest examples of a machine that was both truly excellent and far too fatally flawed to succeed.
Geek Culture! Three Historical Geeks
The concept of geek-ism is nothing new. Geeks have been popping up throughout history, giving us concepts and ideas that have radically changed the world. There were Greek geeks, Roman geeks, and Chinese geeks who came up with ideas and inventions way ahead of their times. I’ve picked three geeks, one who is Baroque-ish and [...]
Geek Culture! Dealing with Non-Gamers
Ok, rather than talk about something fun and shiny, I’m going talk about a topic that I’m sure many gamers out there have experienced more than once in their gaming careers. For some reason video gaming carries a sort of stigma. With some people, all you have to mention is that you like video games [...]
