September 2008
25 posts
Grand Hallway at Chop Suey
These guys are great. They remind me why I ever wanted to play violin. Seattle was at it’s usual indifference. Polite applause after beautiful, heart wrenching songs. After the set and the three musicians were quietly packing up, I went up to the stage and told them how great they are. I’m sure they were fine without the ego boost- they’ve toured to Japan and all over the west...
Aveyond
I remember meeting the music composer and the creator of this game at the casual games conference a couple months ago. I meant to check it out but never got around to it. Tonight I was bored and found it for free on gametap. The story is cute, and I like that it’s a female protagonist. The dialoge in the beginning struck me as pretty corny, but I guess I’ve gotten used to it. Although...
Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpie |... →
the 360-degree video of the room is very cool.
_Lucifer's Redemption_
Brett McGibbon earns his living by selling (and signing) his self published, self printed books around Seattle. None of the local bookstores will carry him. His books are printed on his laser printer, then leather bound by hand. He told me he’s sold 12,000 in seven years. He sells downtown on Pike near the convention center, and in capital hill outside of Broadway news. He also offers his...
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Old-Fashioned Men Make More Money - Study |... →
Interesting study. It claims that the pay gap dissapears within couples that both share progressive views on gender.
Palin hacker's IP address linked to Tennessee... →
Score one for TN…I mean, um…wait.
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold
I’ve owned William Butler Yeats’ selected poems for a few years, and regrettably rarely looked at it. When I picked it off the shelf and opened it at random today, it fell to one of my favorite poems from High School. It’s also one of the few poems I actually know by him.
The Second Coming
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall...
Gamasutra - Opinion: What Do Women Want From... →
This is written by one of my favorite game writers, Leigh Alexander. There’s a lot being written about female gamers lately. I think she actually comes close to hitting the mark when she talks about “the boys club” being the reason casual female gamers don’t get more into hardcore games.
Leigh Alexander’s blog: http://sexyvideogameland.blogspot.com/
Sam and Max online comic →
Steve Purcell also released an online comic when the games were being released.
Enforcers at PAX make an 8 year old cry | Gamers... →
This is my own post on Gamerswithjobs.com…Let me make it clear, I don’t think this reflects on Mike and Jerry of PA. I think they just had a couple shitty enforcers along with the good ones.
