All those good things you read about The Cave are true; you should go play it. All those good things you read about The Cave are probably more interesting than anything I'd write; there are a lot of video game journalist people out there.
OK, here's a Gaming Industry Insight I haven't seen other people talking about. There's been a lot of hullaballoo about modern games requiring an always-on internet connection. Look, even if the game program didn't require it, do you really think you could get through a modern computer game without an internet connection? News flash, Einstein, all the walkthroughs are on the internet. Printed-on-paper "Game Guide" books aren't really a thing anymore.
Oh man I bet someone already pointed that out. I should go back to reporting on books, there's less competition.
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Two Hours of Industry lead to Two Days of Sloth
I tossed things out. I moved furniture. It made room in my apartment. This activity is kind of like combining Tetris along with hippo juggling along with deciding which hippo you can get along wit...
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Link: Plain ol' Tasha
Tasha draws a comic. It's pretty good. She was inspired by Jim's Journal, and that inspiration shows. You might think I'd link to a good comic to recommend it. But I never got around to it. Yest...
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Glossing my Twits: 2HB
Seth Godin recently blogged "If you've got 140 characters to make your point, the odds are you are going to be misunderstood (a lot)." I'm not really surprised that I get questions about my twitter i...
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Site Update: More Library Handcarts
Yeah, I know you want a game report. Yesterday was BANG17, which was pretty awesome. Even if the game hadn't been awesome, it would have been a good excuse to hang out for a day with some folks who...
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Book Report: Strange Brains and Genius
I'm playing the excellent game PsychoNauts. It's a fun game. In this game, you get to crawl around inside the minds of some pretty insane folks. Insane people can be fun. So you might think I'd li...
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Book Report: The Battle Over Hetch Hetchy
I finished playing the excellent game Psychonauts! It was totally worth buying an XBox just to play this game. Actually, I didn't make it to the end of the game. I made it to the start of the "mea...
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Book Report: The Nautical Chart
You may recall that a few weeks ago, my simple plan to play the excellent game PsychoNauts hit a snag when I failed to rent an XBox machine. This weekend, I tried again. I'd asked around about XBox...
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Book Report: The Search
Just a few hours ago, my weekend plans were so simple. Put the excellent game PsychoNauts into my backpack so I remember to bring it home from work. On the way home from work, stop off at BlockBust...
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