Sure, I don’t have an Xbox360 yet, but I do have a Gamer Card! It’s true! But, alas, no achievements to speak of.
On the other hand, I have earned a few Real Life Achievements. (from Binary Bonsai)
Now someone just needs to make a Real Life Gamer Card.
Entries Tagged as 'Misc.'
Achievement points, indeed.
June 22nd, 2006 · No Comments · Gaming
Button bash??
July 17th, 2005 · 3 Comments · Commentary
I use Google Alerts for a variety of key-words, mainly to keep me up-to-date on topics like video game blogs. I have one setup for “button mashing” and every so often I get an alert, pointing me to another review of a game involving copious amounts of button mashing. Not that there’s anything wrong with [...]
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Long live the Internet!
June 13th, 2005 · 4 Comments · Asides
I have been connected to the “internet” for so long that I often forget life before Google (or HotBot or AltaVista or whatever). I feel I’ve become careless because I know that everything can be solved by Googling it. It’s a crutch, and I know it.
Well today wasn’t a case of carelessness, it was a [...]
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Video Games and the Business World
June 5th, 2005 · 4 Comments · Gaming
I read this article a couple weeks ago about video games and business skills. It’s not a bad article, but starting off with a quote like:
Video-game players often display exceptional business skills.
will make a rather tough sell. Overall the article points to some “proof” of this but I have a couple issues with the conclusions [...]
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I am not an atomic playboy, either!
August 23rd, 2005 · 14 Comments · Commentary
When I first switched over to WordPress, I was surfing over at Binary Bonsai, since Kubrick is the default theme and BB is Michael Heilemann’s site (the author of the Kubrick Theme). As I read, I noticed a blog entry titled “I am not an atomic playboy”. Now, that may not mean anything to you, [...]
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