I believe that it was Albert Camus who said (and this is at best a loose paraphrase), “Life is a quest to recreate our first few great experiences.” I have thought about this quote many times since it was first thrust upon me back in my college days at You old Fogey U, and I […]
Tags: humor
For years now I have wondered what the fascination of the sims games was. I never did see it. I had friends who indulged. I scoffed. I sold hundreds of copies to people at the game store that I worked at. I scoffed more. I have always considered it a stupid game. If you want to live […]
Now that we’ve all had a chance to get used to the ESRB ratings, they’ve become about as meaningless as the MPAA ratings on movies, haven’t they. “M”, for example, covers a pretty wide range of material, and if it weren’t for the additional explanations on the back cover you’d never know for sure what […]
Looking at the covers of some recent releases, I can’t help but think they were trying to make some of their characters look like famous celebrities. For example, I could swear they’re were trying to make Bayonetta look like Sarah Palin. And the female character on the cover of Mass Effect 2…doesn’t she look a […]
Tags: celebrities, game characters