One of my all-time favorite parts of the video game Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines is an old Chinese man who offers to tell your fortune when you visit Chinatown. The guy’s a total caricature, but so are a lot of people in the game, and he’s pretty hilarious. The little guy goes, “Hey you! You [...]
How’s this for a blast from the past: Rebel Assault II! Did anyone else play this game as a kid? I know I did, and I remember hours and hours of fun. I don’t know what reminded me of it, but the other day I felt the need to reinstall it and play it again, [...]
Do you like Starcraft? Do you like witty humor? What about sitting in your chair and watching things? Well then I’ve got the YouTube channel for you! I’ve recently started watching HuskyStarcraft’s Starcraft game commentaries, and he’s amazing! First, a word about competitive Starcraft. You sort of have to be obsessed with the game to [...]
The question of whether World of Warcraft is an acceptable topic during a job interview or element on a resumé comes up every now and then, but I’ve never understood why this was even a debate at all. The arguments tend to gel around the fact that WoW involves, like, a lot of time and [...]
I wanted to love Far cry 2. On paper, it had all the trappings of greatness for a shooter: an immersive world, realistic physics and fire, a compelling plot, challenging and realistic combat, and a breathtaking rendering of Africa — a place where I’ve lived several months of my life. The opening sequence filled me with [...]
(I will be simply delighted if there are more than five people on this Earth who get it.)