Monthly Archives: June 2007
Videogames: Don’t waste my time II: Sidequests
My tirade about videogames that waste my time got some great responses and feedback, enough that I’d like to elaborate more on some of the points I made last time.
One part of games that I’d like to focus on in particular is the collection sidequest. These are the most glaring attempt to pad out gameplay [...]
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BDPE Episode 22 Recorded. Again.
So after FINALLY recording episode 22 last week, it turns out that Miller’s audio file was 90 minutes of silence. Fuck. God did not want this episode to happen. But God wasn’t ready for the BEST DAMN PODCAST EVER EPISODE 22 RE-RECORDING II THE RECKONING. This was the fifth time we’ve tried to record [...]
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Videogames: Don’t waste my time.
I have gone through my list of games that I need to beat, and pruned it to no longer include games I have no intention of suffering through until the end. Especially now that Contact and Etrian Odyssey have both snuck onto my DS list, I really need to focus on the games that [...]
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Website Updated (Games!)
I updated the site today, filling out many missing sections (stubbing a few) and by popular demand adding my games back to the site! You can click on “Games” above or in the sidebar to check them out.
Right now you’ll get direct links to the downloads– description pages are on the way soon. I’ll [...]
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BDPE Episode 22 Recorded
After 3 failed attempts to record we finally got this one done. Day after day someone couldn’t make it, and it took a few tries to get the momentum rolling again but I think it will be worth it. Without giving anything away, I think this one will be responsible for a few new [...]
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BDPE Episode 21 Recorded
Another monster of a show, be ready for Mr. Barbalet to drop the bomb on you kids soon.
This time around I actually took the plunge and dragged all my podcasting power down to Freeverse HQ to use their fast internet tubes. It made all the difference in the world- no more horrible lag over [...]
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