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Have a Digital Holiday
A trip to Wal-Mart will really bring the home the fact that the holidays are on the way. It may be a couple weeks until Thanksgiving, but Christmas accessories are aplenty.
Continue reading...What the McG is Happening to My Electronic Murderer?
10. November 2008
It is my belief that there are two kinds of Terminator fans. There are the kind that enjoyed the first three films, and eagerly await the next episode of the Sarah Connor Chronicles, and there are those who love the first two, thought the third one was somewhere between bad and mildly decent, and are not very interested in either the Sarah Connor Chronicles or the upcoming Terminator: Salvation. If you fall into a different category, please correct me if I'm wrong.
Continue reading...Early (Before) Holiday Deals on Electronics
23. October 2008
As the economy progresses on its downward spiral (hopefully to soon recover), and with the holidays quickly approaching, there are some great deals already available. Stores don't want to hold onto an excess of products, so the goal this year is get it gone. For some of them you have to be a haggling/negotiating type of person, others you can walk in and find great deals, and some you simply visit your favorite website and find the perfect price for what you want...
Continue reading...Hackers, Hacking, Hacks
7. October 2008
The art of hacking in a technological world is generally a negative thing. To hack into something, usually means a breach in security and some form of data altered. However, hacking, and being particularly skilled at it, can pay off – if the skills are used appropriately.
Continue reading...Ouch - the webhost, it is bad
16. September 2008
Well, after 24 hours of being down AG is finally back up and functioning. Weee! all of the stuff I had ready to go today will have to wait, as I've just run out of time with a sick little girl at home. So tomorrow, we'll finally be back up to speed!
Continue reading...How EA and Spore are causing piracy, the DasmX86Dll issues, removing SecuRom and some great DRM free alternatives
9. September 2008
Speaking of SecuRom - I'm not quite sure why software companies continue to insist that DRM of this type (or any type) is worth it. I wonder how much money EA stuck into this? The game was available on the torrents before it's official launch and yet here's EA and far to many other companies shoveling money down the DRM hole. And it's doubly a problem because of their refusal to see this as an issue. If the game sells well, EA says "See! DRM isn't that big a deal, people don't care and we're still selling games." If the game's sales are hurt by DRM they fall back on "Pirates are killing our bottom line!" Seriously? Games will get pirated, sure. But you're much more likely to sell copies if they're not crippled in the first place by software that does nothing to stop the pirates and everything to annoy legitimate users.
Continue reading...My Spore creations - let me show you them
8. September 2008
Yes, everyone and their brother's sisters's uncle are playing, reviewing and yawping about the DRM (which does suck) in Spore. I've been busy making things though. You can check them out to the right ----> down there somewhere or look in this post for a flash widget which sometimes crashes my browser in Ubuntu (sigh).
Continue reading...Vintage Kevin Pollak doing vintage Captain Kirk
6. September 2008
A fun video for the weekend, Kevin Pollak doing the Star Trek crew if only Shattner were rehired for Star Trek 5.
Continue reading...Now you have to pay to help debug modern games - Call Of Duty: World At War I’m lookin’ at you!
4. September 2008
This is a disturbing trend I've been noticing, most recently with Call of Duty: World At War. You have to now put up money for a game you may not want, just to help the game developers debug their beta release.
Continue reading...Linux and Flash - cut the crap already!
4. September 2008
Look, Adobe, can we please get with the times and start making a product that works on Linux? Please? It's getting closer to 2010 and we're still missing flying cars, meals in pills and a flash player that actually works most of the time. You see that? I'd even settle for most of the time right now. The sad truth is, Flash locks up on my current Ubuntu install, with the latest Flash release and it happens all the time.
Continue reading...Ahhh Spore. I sank more time into you tonight.
3. September 2008
I'm learning a bit. 9/7/08 will be a fun night for me! Here's a quick video of a flying mouth thingy.
Continue reading...Introducing the ArsGeek Boutique
3. September 2008
Just a quick note to let you all know that I've just opened the ArsGeek Boutique. It's a handy little store in which I'll be highlighting the games I'm currently playing (or drooling over) the electronics I love so much, the books I'm reading and the DVDs I'm watching.
Continue reading...Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse - the end of the world, now with more strippers!
3. September 2008
I'm a fairly serious fan of end of the world fiction. If it's zombies rising up against the tide of humanity, I'm there. Strange lights causing physics to stop and reverting back to blade and club? Count me in. Giant comet slamming into the world – yup! I enjoy all of these stories, which is why I was pretty excited to receive a copy of Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse.
Continue reading...Hooked on Spore - creature creator
2. September 2008
For purely research purposes, I downloaded and installed the Spore Creature creator today. What a hoot! I'm plunging into this game and very much enjoying myself. I spent some time getting familiar with everything tonight and designed a few additions to the Sporepedia. Feel free to check them out here.
Continue reading...Spore - finally a game to get excited about
2. September 2008
With the launch of Spore coming soon, I'm finally starting to get excited about a video game again! It's been a while since there's been a video game release that truly sparked a lot of interest in my gaming life. There's been the occasional left field surprise like Sins of a Solar Empire which I've enjoyed playing very much but most of the recent big gaming releases have been more of the same. Prettier sure, graphically some have been amazing - but it's still first person shooter or real time strategy. Will Spore be different?
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12. November 2008
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