Author Archives: Mark
April 25, 2014 Stories Are Important
One of the games I’m playing these days is Assassin’s Creed Liberation. It’s set in the latter half of 1700 in New Orleans and Mexico, and the main character is Aveline de Grandpré. She is of French and African heritage, born to a French father and an African slave mother. Aveline was raised in a wealthy environment and was later […]
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April 24, 2014 Homemade Q*bert Costume
Some days I just search for “Q*bert” online and see what pops up. Most of the time it’s something I’ve seen a bunch before – I mean, it’s been close to 30 years since Q*bert’s heyday, let’s be honest. There isn’t going to be much new stuff, even though there should be. My mom has […]
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April 22, 2014 Tuesday 10: Jack Nicholson Movies
In honor of his 77th birthday today, here’s a list of my favorite Jack Nicholson movies. I’ll go ahead and warn you up front that I haven’t seen some of his most famous movies (Chinatown, Easy Rider), so there’ll be lots for you to disagree with today. 10. The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) – There’s no doubt […]
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April 21, 2014 Music Monday: Katy Perry in Simlish
Katy Perry is a huge, huge star. (Sorry, I needed one more totally obvious statement to complete the set and get an Achievement.) Pretty much everyone’s heard her or heard of her and has an opinion on her one way or another. Near as I can tell, she got really famous for her “I Kissed a Girl” […]
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April 18, 2014 tGIF: All Animals
We haven’t had a tGIF in a while and you’ve been so well-behaved that I figure you deserved one.
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