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    I’m one of the author’s in the 2022 opdc (didn’t win anything, still trying to bear up under the shame…

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    Thank you for this very interesting collection, and for wrestling with the obviously mixed feelings on this anniversary. And thank…

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    I can’t remember that moment when I realized that you simultaneously was creative director, lead level designer and script writer…

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  • NY Times Disses Halo 3?

    Okay, not really. Jurie, over at Intelligent Artifice linked off this op-ed piece from the NY Times last week that I only got around to reading yesterday. I was honestly surprised at how insightful the article is. Normally games coverage in the mass media is dull and lifeless at best, or part of a blind…

  • Virtual Minefields

    This amusing story of how Minesweeper was updated for Vista floated across my desk the other day. The post is a year old now, but worth a read. With all the effort we expend trying to expand our audience beyond the rather easy-to-please domain of teenage boys and young men, I wonder how much we…

  • The Olsen Saga – Epilogue

    So four months after poor Olsen kicked the bucket, and six weeks since Mark and Syed got things moving and shipped me a replacement 360, Microsoft finally has to bite the bullet. They’re extending the warranty on the 360 to three full years, and given it’s only been just over a year and a half…

  • The Olsen Saga – Part VI – Done

    Olsen arrived this morning just as I was about to leave for work. I didn’t have a chance to post about it today, and it took me a few hours to get it up and running again. No explanation, really, but they just sent me a completely new box. Maybe my old one was permanently…

  • The Olsen Saga – Part V – Syed Says

    As Mark, the Service Center Supervisor who I spoke to last night promised me, I received a call at 13:22 this afternoon from Syed. I guess Syed is Winston Wolf of the Service Center. After reconfirming all the details of the issue, Syed told me he would get to the bottom of it and find…

  • The Olsen Saga – Part IV – I Wish There Was No Part IV

    I wish there was no Part IV to this saga, or at very least, I wish Part IV was the conclusion, but it’s not. So I called 1-800-4 MY XBOX today to inquire about my X360 repair status. I can’t post the Purolator Tracking Number here because it might violate some kind of agreement, but…

  • I Feel Your Pain, Dude

    David Jaffe blogged about the review Gamespot gave his newly released PS3 downloadable game Calling All Cars. I have to say that I know exactly how he feels because there was a pretty common consensus that Gamespot always lowballed the scores for Splinter Cell titles. Kasavin gave the original Splinter Cell an 8.6 when the…

  • The Olsen Saga – Part III – Jimmy Kidnapped?!?

    Uh-oh. Hate to say it, but things aren’t running completely smoothly here. My Purolator Tracking Number indicates that Olsen was received at the Service Center in Courtland, Ontario at 11:58am on Friday, April 13th. But a check this morning indicates that it has not yet left the Service Center. The talented Michelle, with whom I…

  • The Olsen Saga – Part II – The Box

    So I didn’t have time to post about it during the week, but I received my box from Purolator on Wednesday, so everything is on or even ahead of schedule. That’s a good start. I created my first ever photo album to do a little walkthrough of what you get from Microsoft and what you…

  • The Olsen Saga – Part I – The Call In

    Alright, so since Olsen (11-17-2005, 03-12-2007) gave up the ghost almost three weeks ago now, I have simply been too busy to deal with the situation, but last night I finally got my shit together and called 1-800-4MY-XBOX to see what I needed to do to solve the problem. Max – a polite but ‘trying-too-hard-to-be-cool’…