Fair warning: this is a post that deals with my opinions, reflections and influences from growing up in the 80s. You may consider these the ramblings of a crazy old man if you like. It’s also going to be picture-heavy, since I’m a bit strapped for time. I grew up in the 80s. I was… Continue reading When I Was A Lad…
Category: Opinion
One-Trick Ponies
Some people are good at just one thing. There’s nothing wrong with this. While you don’t want to over-emphasize specialization in any endeavor, as you never know when something outside of your specialization is going to come along and topple your entire plan, trying to be good at everything usually means you’re just mediocre in… Continue reading One-Trick Ponies
Bravo Company vs the Basterds
I try to be a man of my word. I promised yesterday that after watching Inglorious Basterds last night, I’d have a throw down between it and The Hurt Locker. The challenge for me is to compare and contrast these two films without giving away some of the gems I have saved up for the… Continue reading Bravo Company vs the Basterds
Awards Weekend: The Oscars
I didn’t watch the Oscars. Well, how in the living Hell can you expect to recap the Oscars if you didn’t spend five hours watching them, hm, hmm? Simple. People blogged and tweeted the stuffing out of last night’s pop-culture Super Bowl. Which was another event I didn’t watch. And no, it had nothing to… Continue reading Awards Weekend: The Oscars
Awards Weekend: The Razzies
The Razzies are the antithesis of the Oscars, in that they honor the very worst in film-making while Oscar honors the best. Or at least the most lucrative. Anyway, Sandra Bullock classed up the joint by showing up to accept her award. She might do the same on Sunday at the Oscars, for an entirely… Continue reading Awards Weekend: The Razzies
Regarding Halo
The follow contains mostly my personal opinion and can probably be disregarded. The game Halo and I have something of a history. I grew up with shooters in one hand and space flight sims & strategy games in the other. When I was fed up with the politicing of my AI opponents in Master of… Continue reading Regarding Halo
Card Revisited
It’s been brought to my attention that, in a previous post, I might come off as somewhat unkind to Orson Scott Card. That certainly wasn’t my intent. I’ve only read a few of his works, but I admit that what I’ve read so far has impressed me. Here’s why. Ender’s Game As far as I’m… Continue reading Card Revisited
Regarding Halo (Delayed)
I originally had a post here that wasn’t written very well and was full of failure, so until I can properly articulate my feelings on first person shooters in general and Halo in particular, here’s a picture of my cat looking at some snow.
Failure Fantasy, Part 2
Behold, Failure Fantasy Part 2! Also, cruise over to Epixaricacy for more details on one of the games I’m about to discuss. So I’ve taken some time to talk about bad protagonists in Final Fantasy games. What, you might ask, are examples of good ones? I’m glad you asked me that, conjectural reader. Zidane Tribal… Continue reading Failure Fantasy, Part 2
Failure Fantasy, Part 1
Issue 239 of the Escapist is now available, entitled “Anti/Hero.” Below is the article I pitched for the issue. NOTE: Due to circumstances mostly beyond my control, this article has been divided into two parts. Below is part the first. Final Fantasy is arguably the most popular series of role-playing games from Square/Enix, and one… Continue reading Failure Fantasy, Part 1
