Atari on the Beach

In late spring, we took the kids on a week long beach trip.  When I checked the weather, it seemed likely to rain for half of it, so I thought it would be good to have a few indoor activities on deck.  I considered packing a tablet, but that would end up being solitary and …

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Thank You, Mr. Iwata

Mr. Satoru Iwata passed away a week ago on July 11th.  There have been many write-ups and remembrances of Mr. Iwata online, and I have been struggling to find what I wanted to add.  Like many, I feel a profound sense of loss for a man I have never met. Iwata was only 55.  He wasn’t just the …

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Nintendo just might have a hit on its hands with Splatoon

I’m a sucker for open console betas (Destiny, for example), so when I heard about the Splatoon Global Testfire, I figured what the heck, and promptly downloaded it.  With only three one-hour windows when the servers would be live, I proceeded to miss the first two, but – as luck would have it – my …

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Live Die Repeat – Thoughts On Destiny, Post Level 20

I jokingly throw around the words ‘junkie’ and ‘addiction’ when talking about certain games with Pavlovian qualities, but Destiny has them beat.  Not only is the gameplay inherently enjoyable and hard to put down, Destiny also simulates building up a tolerance against achieving the high, by requiring the player to work harder for smaller rewards! …

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