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Maybe the best summary of how I view my own life that I’ve ever seen:
The Brainy Gamer
“Finding your inner child” sounds like a ridiculous and hopelessly outmoded self-help bromide these days. But as I look at the world around me at this moment, I can’t think of a better prescription. We’ve been steadily increasing our [...]

So, I’ve been way busy with the band (robotJunky), the new videogaming site (gamesAreEvil) and my work (Special Ed. Service Agency). Plus, you know, parenting and husbanding and such.
I’ve also been trying to keep up the reading. I feel like a more ocmplete human being when I a) read, and b) exercise. So here’s a [...]

I’ve not been blogging much here. Why not, you ask? Well, ’cause I’m involved in a new writing venture. I’m writing and editing sections of a website about video games. Here’s one piece of my writing:
360 Too Human? Too Melodramatic Demo Mini-Review | Games Are Evil: Console and Portable Gaming Magazine
Which brings me to the [...]

You know, I’ve had a love/hate relationship with this place over the years. I always try to support local businesses when they compare favorably to the chains. If something costs a BIT more, I don’t mind paying it, just to shop locally. If it costs a LOT more, like with the Asus EeePC I just [...]

I’ll post. I’ll try to post often. Oy.
Just waking up now. Maker’s Mark and RockBand conspired together last night to make me stay up till 1 am playing Xbox 360. I dig that I can get a band together at 1 am AK time, which is like 4 am for the rest of the world. [...]

Yeah, he’s for real. See my flickr page for his photo. Was cool meeting you, Nate. Hope your career and life continue to rock!
MobyGames - Nate Wells
http://www.gamebanshee.com/interviews/bioshock1.php

Not sure how the game actually is, but the historical background is pretty fascinating:

Risk: Black Ops | Gamers With Jobs
Hasbro will soon introduce new rules and components for Risk, designed to make the game sleeker, quicker to play and more accessible. Itll be a full restart of the Risk universe, a new Risk for a new generation.
At a recent get-together at rabbits, I got a chance to try [...]

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