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Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:30 AM

King of Kong

If you haven’t seen King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters yet, I recommend that you give it a shot. While a documentary about two guys competing for the high score on Donkey Kong seems nerdy, it’s quite well done. Steve Wiebe is the main character in the...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:30 AM

Poker in Washington State

Just as I moved to Washington in 2006, the state passed a law making online poker illegal . I wrote that linked blog post detailing it and explaining why it didn’t make sense. No matter how much I disagreed with it, I obeyed the law and cancelled...
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Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:30 AM

Halo Wars

Video games. Remember those things? Since last summer, I have hardly touched them, but a game has arrived that makes it worth picking up the controller again: Halo Wars. I had the opportunity to play early builds of this quite a while back. It was already...
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Friday, November 21, 2008 11:41 AM

Merry Christmas!

I didn't win anything at the Microsoft holiday preview meeting shown in my latest moblog picture, but they did hand out a free gift card. I've decided to throw it out to you loyal readers. The first one to type in this code will receive three free months...
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Friday, November 21, 2008 12:30 AM

New Xbox Experience

The new Xbox dashboard has finally be released to the public. It's a complete change from the old blade design, but overall I like it. I really don't care much about the avatars, but some people are pretty excited about that. The biggest change for me...
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Monday, October 27, 2008 1:30 AM

Ticket to Ride Bug

Tyla and I were playing Ticket to Ride the other night when I noticed an error on the map. There are some small errors such as Chicago being slightly too far east and landing in Indiana, but I attribute those to minor corrections made to space out the...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:30 AM

Backgammon T-Shirts

I have accomplished the impossible: I simultaneously have an awesome girlfriend and a backgammon addiction. Pause for a minute and let that sink in. A handful of us have started playing pretty regularly at work and then I play a few games on Yahoo in...
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Friday, August 29, 2008 1:30 AM

It's Not A Bug, It's A Feature

When Tiger Woods 08 was released, a gamer found a bug in the game that appeared to let Tiger Woods walk on water and hit a ball into the hole from the middle of the lake. EA Sports recently released what is now my favorite viral marketing video to build...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:30 AM

Ticket to Ride

Carcassone and Settlers of Catan were two of my favorite board games and they came to the Xbox360 about a year ago. This week, another one of my favorites showed up: Ticket to Ride. Tim, dust off your controller, it's time to play some Xbox. I also...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:24 PM

Alone in the Dark

There's a new game coming out for most major consoles called Alone in the Dark which looks pretty interesting. (Full disclosure: This is another deal from one of the marketing companies I've worked with before.) Here's the marketing blurb...
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Monday, April 21, 2008 1:30 AM

Violent Crime on the Decline

A DOJ data sheet shows a dramatic decrease in violent crime in recent years. Up until 1994, it held pretty steady around 45-50 violent crimes per 1000 people age 12 and over. By 2004 it was down to 21. That's a remarkable decrease and leads me to...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:40 PM

Mario Brothers Theme Revisited

Just when you thought that the Mario Brothers theme has been played on every instrument possible, a new one comes along. These guys have filled up a long line of bottles with varying amounts of liquid. A remote control car drives along the line with a...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 2:16 PM

PS2 Movie Trivia

We have enjoyed playing SceneIt on the Xbox360, although it's a good reminder that we are terrible at movie trivia. For those of you without a 360, it looks like there is a new movie trivia game coming out for the PS2 called Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:48 PM

Like 10,000 Spoons When All You Need Is A Knife

Oh the irony. Thanks to Kotaku for reminding me that Gov. Eliot Spitzer is one of the people who leads the charge against sex and violence in video games. New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has called it quits. As you may recall, the long-time critic of...
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Friday, February 29, 2008 12:30 AM

Lego Universe

Without a doubt, the best toys I ever had as a child were Legos. (I know the plural of Lego is Lego, but I always feel like a snob when I say it so I'll knowingly continue in error.) In fact, it led to one of the longest and biggest projects I have...
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