Archive for October, 2004

My Old Room

Sunday, October 24th, 2004

I’ve been watching my dad’s house while he’s out of town for a bit, so I’ve been hanging out in my old room at lunch some days. That was my room for nearly 20 years, and being the geek that I am, spent a lot of time there, so it’s filled with memories, mostly good […]

Permanent Links

Monday, October 18th, 2004

I’ve had this feature here for a while, but I thought I’d point it out. Occasionally I write something here that one of you faithful readers actually wants to forward on to other people (hey, it’s happened, at least once!). Rather than sending them a link to my main blog page, you can send a […]

Batteries Included

Saturday, October 16th, 2004

It’s funny how there seem to be certain unwritten laws about what electronics manufacturers do and don’t include. For example, I bought another DVD player tonight. This one supposedly has progressive scan, so it’ll become the main one I watch movies on, while my other one will go downstairs where the kids watch stuff. Just […]

Oh oh. I’m on fire.

Thursday, October 14th, 2004

That’s what my 3 year old son Peter says as his onscreen car is blown to bits once again in Vigilante 8: Second Offence on the Dreamcast. I was sort of surprised that he likes the game as much as he does, at first. But then, how can a typical boy not like racing around, […]

Car Battler Joe vs. Autoduel

Wednesday, October 6th, 2004

I played Car Battler Joe a second time through, and totally enjoyed it again. It really is a modern remake of Origin’s classic Autoduel game, a real favourite of mine – I doubt they could have made this game without being aware of the original. In both games you’re a guy who gets in an […]