February 2012
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Why I'm Excited/Nervous for the Playstation Vita
Against my better judgement, I have decided to jump onto the early adopter bandwagon once again. On February 15th, the Playstation Vita First Edition Bundle and five games should be en route to my house. The last time that I was this enthusiastic about purchasing a piece of electronics at launch was when the very first MacBooks were announced in 2006 (that is, the polycarbonate ones). In that...
January 2012
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Three Tips on Tackling RSS
Three months ago, I put together a blog post that discussed the benefits and drawbacks of living without RSS, based on my own personal experience. After writing that post, I actually returned to my old ways and fired up Reeder once again. However, I embarked on a mission to extract the benefits of RSS while avoiding the pitfalls. Would I be able to get that smooth, consistent news-reading...
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HIS Radeon HD 6950 Impressions
On Boxing Day of last year (which I suppose was only a few weeks ago), I managed to pick up a HIS Radeon HD 6950 from Memory Express on sale. I had been looking for a video card to rejuvenate my aging gaming PC for a while, and I figured that Boxing Day gave me a good excuse to take a chance on a distributor that I knew almost nothing about. I have chosen three games in order to measure the...
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My Letter to the Entertainment Software...
The Entertainment Software Assocation - the biggest mouthpiece for the video game industry in all issues of public relations - recently came out in support of the Stop Online Piracy Act. Here is their official statement: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/03/esa-stands-behind-proposed-sopa-legislation-issues-statement/
I really don’t like to be preachy, but if you’re a gamer, you should...
December 2011
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Most Anticipated Games of 2012
Like I said last week, 2011 is going to be a really tough act to follow in terms of great game releases. However, there are quite a few excellent titles to look forward to in 2012, and that’s before you consider the the release of the Playstation Vita, the Wii U, or the possibility of next-generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft (personally, I doubt that either will release a new console...
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My Favourite Games of 2011
I had to be very careful when I made the title of this post. I need to make it abundantly clear that this is not a list of what I perceive to be the best games of 2011. I have not played every game that was released this year, and there are several high-profile games that I missed out on. Such games on that list include…
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Uncharted 3
Star Wars: The Old...
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Miscellaneous Gaming Awards of 2011
Once again, I have been neglecting this blog for far too long. Sometimes it’s hard to come up with decent ideas to talk about every week, and so I started to fill up the spaces in between by talking about various news articles of the week. It turned out to be a pretty shitty idea. It wasn’t interesting to read through my various synopses of seemingly unrelated news articles, and the...
October 2011
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My Random Thoughts on the Amazon Kindle
I have had my Kindle for a little over a month now, and it has been serving me quite well in that span of time. Keep in mind that this is not one of the new devices that Amazon announced back in September. Rather, this is the older, black model with the physical keyboard. Still, I figured I would post some thoughts on the device, for those of you who are on the fence about possibly buying one....
September 2011
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My Random Thoughts on Life Without RSS
A little bit of background about myself: I have a horrible problem when it comes to maintaining my attention on the computer. So often I will sit down with the intention of getting some work done, only to get sidetracked by one little curiosity after another. Maybe I’ll read some news about an interesting computer game, which will lead me to research new video cards to play said game. That...
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The State of Net Neutrality in Canada
Well, to be fair, this time it’s not really my random thoughts. I’ve been keeping up with the issue for quite some time (because it’s an important issue), so I figured I would take this opportunity to share a few articles that I think are important for people who want a rundown on things like net neutrality, usage-based billing, and the sad state of broadband in Canada...
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My Random Thoughts on Bastion
So after last week’s foray into somewhat serious territory, I’m in the mood to do another gaming post this week. Last month I played through Bastion on Xbox Live Arcade, and I enjoyed my time with the game quite a bit. It’s always nice to have a new IP that leaves you feeling good about this industry that has become increasingly obsessed with sequels, prequels, and reboots....
August 2011
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My Random Thoughts on Section 8: Prejudice
Again with the long absence. Sometimes there’s nothing else to blame except my own laziness. Better late than never though, right?
In any event, my friends and I have recently been on the lookout for some good PC games to play together. We figure that since split-screen gaming on consoles seems to be falling by the wayside, we will just bring all of our laptops together and get a little bit...
July 2011
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My Random Thoughts on OS X Lion
So I said that I wanted to make more list-based posts from here on out. And then I promptly disappeared for about a month. Chalk it up to my laziness, I suppose. Making list-based posts is a lot more difficult than making regular paragraphs (as I eluded to in my first post). At any rate, it is more difficult for me. It forces me to collect my thoughts, and it forces me to only write about...
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Moving from the HTC Hero to the iPhone 4
Note: This is an old post from January 2, 2011. I’m reposting it here, since it represents a good example of the kind of content I want to create from here on out (i.e. more list-based content).
So after my last post, I ended up going for the iPhone 4. I think a few of my Android-loving friends are a little disappointed with me for “selling out” so to speak, but seeing how I’m already a...
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My Random Thoughts on Motorstorm Apocalypse
Note: This is an old post from June 5, 2011. I’m reposting it here since it represents a good example of the kind of content I want to create from here on out (i.e. more list-based content).
I was on vacation during this past week (in the beautiful city of Victoria, Canada), and so I didn’t do a whole lot of research for tech topics or political topics. So what better time to talk about...
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My Random Thoughts on Brink
Note: This is an old post from May 29, 2011. I’m reposting it here since it represents a good example of the kind of content I want to create from here on out (i.e. more list-based material).
I’ve been wanting to say something about Brink for quite some time, but I wanted to make sure that I gave the game a fair shake before committing anything to writing. From my Steam profile, you...
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Start a Brand New Story
So yeah, my Tumblr account got hacked.
Last week I woke up to find my Tumblr account hijacked and converted into a phishing operation. I could have just reset the password and removed all of the garbage that was added, but I decided to err on the side of caution. I made a backup of all my old posts, and then I pulled the plug. I sincerely hope that nobody ventured over to my site and got fooled...