tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58368673589515745362011-07-07T19:02:05.264-04:00A blog and podcast that celebrates the geekier side of life.ComplexedOnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00966926148038334329noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836867358951574536.post-37399553326288029562009-12-09T08:27:00.000-05:002009-12-09T08:27:50.843-05:00

I meant to follow up the "Next Level" review with some kinda of post that would cement any new readers that may have been attracted by it. But I failed. What can I say, I have to study. But I have a few drafts that I will try to punch up and then post over this weekend. Now back to study the Network Layer Stack. Oh what fun....

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I have always had a hard time trying out new things. Especially when it cost money.Part of the side effects of being a college student is the fact that I just don't have a lot of money to spend on entertainment, but as a nerd my entertainment "needs" are wildly divergent. Comics, novels, movies, video games, TV shows, and music all cost money. Sure I can steal stuff off the 'net and, but I

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So, yesterday saw the release of the latest in a long line of zombie video games as Left 4 Dead 2 hit store shelves and unlocked on computer HDD all across the country.  While adding some nice touches to the endless battle against the undead flesh eaters, I still find something missing.  Here I present my list of the top 5 things that need to added to the zombie apocalypse genre. 5. Non-linear

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Well, this is embarrassing.I really did mean to get a decent posting schedule going on this page this semester, but I am having a hard time getting myself pumped for writing a blog that has no readers. Of course, if this page was more then just me waxing about the last game that I played, I may have a following. Well I hope to change both of these soon. I am also toying with the idea of maybe

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So, I have been hip deep in school and family lately, and haven't posted in months. Sorry. Let's try again.So, a couple of days ago, I'm cruising around the XBLA and I find a new game called "Zombie Apocalypse". A standard top-down shooter with zombies. I've been here before. I'm not talking about the fact that the game is clearly "inspired" by Left 4 Dead. I'm talking about playing this

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Well, I had a very busy spring break and got ALOT of gaming in.  My wife and I had a long discussion about the Wii that had been sitting on the shelf next to the X-Box and had seen almost no activity for months.  After agreeing that we really saw no point in it being there, we agreed to trade it into GameStop for credit, all long we the few games that we tried really hard to love.  Very sad.  The

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So, the flood of DLC appears to be just beginning and I have found myself deep in this flood. This weekend I took the time to play both "Knothole Island" for Fable II and "Operation Anchorage" for Fallout 3 and I have to say that I am very happy with the direction DLC seems to be going."Knothole Island" is basically three new dungeons and a small town. The quest are fun, if a bit simple, but

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Ok, so I don't really blog that much anymore. I just don't have the time for my long tirades or even the rants that once filled my day. More ofter than not, I'm doing homework or spending some time with my family. Weird, I know. But I still like to blog. Well I like to complain and bitch and have the illusion that people actually care about my simple ravings. Anyways....I have bought MC

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Ok, so I'm all done with finals and am now waiting for the start of the new semester. To help fill this void, I have been using Netflix to catch up on the shows that I always wanted to see, but never had the time to watch. Jericho, Dead Like Me, and a lot of Law and Order: SVU. This has really driven home the fundamental change that has occurred in the way that we consume media. No longer are

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So Fable 2 came out this week and found its way into my grubby little mitts by means so twisted, dark and unholy that I dare not speak of it. The game has proven to be a most brutal mistress, demanding attention at all hours of the day and coercing me to skip classes in order to reveal in her forbidden acts of pleasure. It's been fun. Last night my wife wrest the controller from my grip to give

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Ok, I've never been to big on the whole birthday thing. I've always felt that trying to make a day be some happy occasion was just setting yourself up for failure. Plus, I really hate to be a bother, you know. I feel like "No, that's ok. I really don't need a party." I think that is because a childhood full of let downs. The most tragic moments in my life seem to come at time when I should

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OK, so I took the time to finish off TFU yesterday and I have to say I found the end a bit underwhelming. I'm not going to go into details right now to avoid giving anything away but suffice it to say the ending was trying just a little too hard to be cool that it kinda felt flat. But the biggest disappointment of the game has come after I have cranked the difficulty up for a second play

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Well, this was an interesting weekend. Because of repeated electrical problems, I ended up with a virtual four day weekend. Which sounds nice and all, but by like day two I was getting a little bored. It's weird because, unlike most of my classmates, I like my classes. I spent so long wishing that I would be able to go get a college education some day that I am really enjoying the fact that

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Well, I'm trying this out again. I used to have a deadjournal back when I was a whining, emo high-school drop-out, the the thing became a place to rant about how much the world sucked and I rocked. It got old fast and I never could update on time. Now, I a slightly less whiny, computer nerd college student. I am hoping that this blog turns out better. Mainly I just plan to share my vastly

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