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Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:30 AM

Bejeweled HUD

I’ve been addicted to Bejeweled Blitz lately. Each game only lasts 60 seconds but you always want to play just one more. I got pretty good at the game, but I started thinking about how it could be automated. I actually wrote a program that played Bejeweled...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:30 AM

Billy Mitchell Spotted

Tyla and I had lunch at Ruby’s in Redmond Town Center on Sunday afternoon. Soon after we got our meal, two guys walked in. My first thought was that one guy seemed a little cocky. My second thought was: That’s Billy Mitchell from King of Kong ! Tyla recognized...
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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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