Archive for July, 2006

For Ages 5

Friday, July 28th, 2006

I hadn’t dropped by Winners for a while, and it hadn’t occurred to me that they would be selling off some of the Plug & Play (aka TV Games) now. They generally get toys once they’re a year or two old, and that’s about when the TV Games kind of hit their popularity peak. There […]

News

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

The SWRAP Chicago EXPO is cancelled this year, but we’re still going to have an event anyway – ECCC Chicago Expo, September 30, 2006. I’ve now put up two of my old Loadstar Letter articles on C64 programming – you can find them on my pages here. Might as well put in another plug for […]

Hard Truck: Apocalypse Pre-Review

Monday, July 24th, 2006

(note: I don’t actually get around to reviewing HTA this time – too much related stuff to blab about beforehand). I have possibly never anticipated a game as much as Hard Truck: Apocalypse. My friend Jason first pointed out previews of it last fall. The game was nearly complete at that point, but only for […]

Bye Bye Computers

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

Some people might think I have too much stuff. I still figure I just don’t have enough space, but I realize that I have an awful lot more space than most people, so it’s time to get rid of a bunch of stuff again. First, I round up all the least interesting stuff I have, […]

Manly Computers

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

I’ve been working on organizing my geek room again lately so it’ll be a bit more presentable for a couple coming events. Alex (A Beggar at the Table) will be visiting me for some geeky fun on July 13th (this Thursday) while he’s passing through town, and we’ll probably be having another Hullabaloo on July […]