Archive for the ‘Video Games’ Category
In Memoriam
I think everybody can remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when it happened. I myself was in class, left school for the remainder of the day, and even found it difficult to go back to school for days or even weeks afterward. Anniversaries are always difficult, especially for we Americans this [...]
Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition
It’s been out for a while, but I’ve had these comparison screenshots sitting on my desktop for a while, so I thought I’d post them so I can delete them. As you may or may not know, The Secret of Monkey Island was recently re-released as a special edition with voiceover work and “upgraded” graphics. [...]
House of the Dead: Overkill
Nina and I have been shooting zombies and upgrading weapons in House of the Dead: Overkill for a couple days now and I have to say I like the game overall, even though there’s a lot to not like.
If you didn’t know, Overkill is the first in the House of the Dead franchise whose development [...]
Happy VDay
Messing Around with The Korg DS-10
I’ve been fiddling with the DS-10 for a couple days now, having gone through the manual, then the online tutorials and even some of the old Korg MS-10 manual (the original synth that this “game” replicates). As my first real experience with synth/sequencing (aside from dabbling a bit in the audio engineering class I took [...]
Softmodded My Wii
After the nightmare that was modding my first Xbox, I was a little hesitant to try it on any other systems, assuming it would be just as annoying. I read up a little on PS2 modding, but as an owner of the slim PS2, I don’t have a whole lot of choice (plus, I really [...]
Successfully Modded my Xbox…
I know, I know, I’m wayyy late to the scene on this, but I’m excited as I’ve never actually modded any of my video game systems. It took hours of digging through tons of horribly written tutorials online, but I have successfully converted my Xbox (as in, not 360) into my HaxBox, a fucking sweet [...]
Put the Metal to the Pedal
On our third Rock Band bass pedal (for the record, none of them have broken under my watch… *cough*), we’re getting desperate for a more permanent solution. Well, this will have to do.
At first, our third pedal broke in the center, which we fixed with aptly named “mending plates” and a couple short sheet metal [...]
Casual Gamer: The Transformation is Complete
It’s been a gradual process, slow enough that it almost flew under the radar, but I think it’s a safe call now: I am a casual gamer.
How Could This Be?
I have considered myself a hardcore gamer for most of my life. I grew up on video games and own entirely too goddamn many of them. [...]
Weekend Wrapup
So aside from shooting photos at the Church of Scientology protest, this weekend the excitement whale breached the surface of my ocean of existence, which in this analogy has been covered by a thick layer of ice representing the boredom of tagging MP3s and trying to find the worst-sounding chord on guitar. Unfortunately, the surface [...]
