Author Archives: Mark
November 22, 2013 Launch Day
The short version: I got one but it’s not even opened yet, so I can’t even tell you anything about it. This is only the second time I’ve gotten a console on its first day of release – the first one was the Dreamcast, so this one has a lot to live up to, fun-wise.
Tags: XB1
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November 21, 2013 Possible Kill Screen
Back in the day, games would just get harder and harder and then you would die. Much has been made of how today’s gamers have it so much easier because they can save games whenever they want and besides, the games hold their hands all the way through, so there’s no challenge and everything new […]
Tags: Batman, Mass Effect, Shinobi
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November 18, 2013 Bein’ Green
We saw a performance of Wicked over the weekend, a first for me and a second time for my wife. Though she had seen it before she wasn’t terribly excited to see it the second time, mostly because the first performance had Idina Menzel, and it’s all downhill from there. I had mixed feelings about […]
Tags: Wicked, Wizard of Oz
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November 14, 2013 Blockbusted
For five summers I traveled with a singing and drama group representing the college I attended. We generally had appearances every day except Mondays and Saturdays, with Mondays being our official “day off” (Saturdays were for traveling). We were in Canada on one particular Monday and the ladies in the group were off doing “high […]
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November 12, 2013 Tuesday 10: Time Travelers
Time travel stories are the best and the worst. It’s great to go back and fiddle with things, or see things through a modern eye, or try to invest in the stock market before Jean-Claude Van Damme comes back and arrests you. But it’s terrible to create time paradoxes that end up swallowing the universe as […]
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