PC gamers know, if you wanna game on a PC, you have to do it on Windows OS. Yes, there are notable exceptions. The different Linux flavors have a number of games that really aren’t half bad, and Apple is starting to come around to some serious games. But there are always exceptions to the rule. Because of the iPhone, Apple is rewriting those rules.
Sometimes you have to find the free gaming alternatives. There’s a point every gamer goes through, where their budget doesn’t quite allow for the latest and greatest gaming experiences. So if you’re a little behind the times because of the current economic crisis, I have a nice little game to satisfy your appetite for a full, robust gaming experience…all for the cost of nothing. Welcome to Rock Solid Arcade.
Gamer Culture, Gears of War, Halo
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the internet is full of assholes. Yes, the world at large is full of assholes too, but the internet distills humanity down to its most prick-ish essence. Every time you read a blog, the writer tries to be an asshole. If there is a comments section, the commenters try to out-asshole the writer and each other. Well, I want to take a moment to reflect on the small things in games that make me happy rather than just trying to be another asshole. Fair enough?
This video is just too funny. This guy pretends to have a smooth jazz radio show while playing Sonic. I don’t know what’s worse: the fact that I listened to the whole thing from beginning to end? Or the fact that I’ve listened to this sort of radio broadcast on my local NPR affiliate many times before driving home at four in the morning.
Casual Games, Game Design, Gamer Culture, MMORPGs
About a week ago, it was widely discussed that Quakers were gonna have a stab (I guess pacifists can’t have a stab at anything) at their own WoW-like MMO. But, as is the advice my daddy gave me: “don’t believe everything you read,” especially on the internets. But, seriously, how sweet would that be? We’re all so used to killing things in games, but we do it so rarely in real life. It would be a revolutionary game because…it would be so normal.
While, looking up everything I could on the new Android phone, I came across this little piece of gold shot, I guess, from some guy’s living room. Besides his vehement and hushed affection for the iPhone, what the hell is he whispering for? And what on earth does he look at?
This made me laugh so freakin’ hard.
On October 14th I turned 28 years old, and you can just guess how many times friends, family, coworkers, and even complete strangers said, “28… it’s almost 30!” I seriously felt like I should’ve had black balloons and candles on my cake. But, being an oversized child, I felt largely at odds with all the age jokes. I daydream for god-knows-how-long everyday. I even play games like/with my nephew. So, since I’m all old now, does that mean I’ll have to stop playing games for fun? Do I need to put down the controller and switch to pinochle and shuffleboard on a cruise ship?
Every time a new phone comes out with a touch screen, every obliquely tech related blog comes out with some story title like, “*New-Phone-Name* The iPhone Killer?” And each time it’s total crap. So this is not about an iPhone killer. Rather, what makes the T-Mobile’s G1 better and worse than the Apple iPhone?
With a touchscreen, a trackball, and a QWERTY keyboard, the G1 has more hardware potential than the iPhone. If that were the only factor involved, the G1 would have headlines, CBS news shorts, and lines wrapping around mall T-Mobile stands.
