Archive for August, 2008
Duke Nukem 3D Coming to XBox Live Arcade This is probably my favourite game of all time. I'm looking forward to having another go at it. Space Invaders Bomb World Trade Center "The Invaders! art exhibit at the Leipzig Game Convention features a large display of the 1978 arcade classic, except this time the orderly little invaders from [ READ MORE ]
I ended up having to fly to Castlegar this last weekend for work, but thankfully that should be the last business trip for a while now. It was smoking hot when we left to come home, about 38 degrees Celsius, so we flew our wee plane up to 10,500 feet to try and cool down. [ READ MORE ]
Sorry for the lack of posting; it’s been a whirlwind of a week. I got back from Tofino on Monday (which I’ll post about later), just in time to catch the end of the celebrations for British Columbia’s 150th birthday. I had forgotten about it until the Snowbirds flew over my apartment. The Snowbirds are a [ READ MORE ]
I spent all day yesterday in soul-draining meetings, and I spent today banging my head against a problem I wasn’t able to solve. I was hoping to tie everything off before the weekend, so I could enjoy myself with a clear mind, but that unfortunately didn’t happen. I was feeling quite frustrated at the end of [ READ MORE ]
This is the first episode of The Pod: The Animated Adventures, Techno is not a Joke, starring Julian Barratt and Tim Hope. They’re “a late eighties electronic dance outfit trying to cope with the mid nineties post rave come down”. I really like the animation style, and the quirky humour, and it’s a nice flashback [ READ MORE ]