Entries from June 29th, 2009

A Sadly Common Xbox Live Annoyance

June 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · gaming

If it didn’t happen with such regularity I probably wouldn’t mention it at all. I first really noticed it back in the original Rock Band days when a suspicious number of people would quit either halfway or just before the end of the song while I was winning. There was no penalty for them quitting, [...]

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A Donut From Heaven

June 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · kitchen sink

It is an auspicious start to the day when your Grandmother knocks on your door early in the morning in tears. It has been a rather rough day running all around Mimico to take of all the things that reduced her to that state but I’m very proud that I accomplished absolutely everything in my [...]

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Loot and Lost Loot

June 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · kitchen sink, openalpha

I am more than a little crushed right now. I lost the notebooks I’ve been writing the new OpenAlpha episodes and ideas in. This really really sucks. For me. I’m sure the rest of you will get along, somehow ;_; In better news tonight I am checking out Loot with a friend and it’s supposed [...]

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Yay! Rain!!

June 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · kitchen sink

Last night was brutal. Felt like 40C and the fire alarm went off at 1:36am and 4am. This morning was not much better since I really dislike those ‘peel your face off your pillow and sheet off your body’ wake-up experiences. Does anyone, really? Thankfully the CBC weather called for rain and it’s finally here. [...]

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If someone asks if you are a god, you say, “yes!”

June 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · gaming

So I finally went and finished Ghostbusters. I played through the whole game on ‘experienced’ and the only part that really irked me was the last boss since the guys would all stand in a cluster and, thus, all die at the same time while I’m safely on the other side of the space. This [...]

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