Almost let the day end without sharing this old gem of a clip from the animated series Invader Zim. It’s an, at this point in my life, mandatory tradition to share this clip in some form online as my little way of “celebrating” this holiday. This is also a chance to post to say, yeah, …
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November 2021 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Halloween was yesterday, which means it’s now November, and a new month means a new Games with Gold lineup! It’s getting cold outside so why not stay indoors and keep the house warm with your Xbox while you try out some free games? …okay, that’s the most excited I could be about this. Fair warning, …
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This Steve Jobs Quote Perfectly Fits How I Feel About Life
I only just realized that today happens to mark the 10th anniversary of the passing of Steve Jobs. In realizing this I began thinking to how in the past few years I’ve gone from seeing him in a purely negative light to, while not ignoring his human faults, seeing him as a kind of inspiration. …
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I Just Can’t Do The Online Gaming Discussion Scene Anymore
I’ve been thinking quite a bit recently about my time in the online gaming scene — especially the past 2 or 3 years — and I’ve come to realize I simply can’t do it anymore. The scene has become virtually nothing but a might-makes-right popularity contest where passion, knowledge, and logic mean nothing — do …
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Project Phoenix
File this one under “Chris writing about the blog he barely updates” but, fuck it, I wanted to get October off to an optimistic start. As we all know, the past nearly two years hasn’t been all that great — Covid has been a constant pain in our ass and we’ve seen stupidity on top …
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October 2021 Xbox Live Games With Gold
All right, it’s October now which means not just Halloween season is upon us but also time for a look at a new set games in the Games with Gold lineup. In the modern lineup we get Aeero and Hover. Ah, simple title names I don’t have to constantly triple check the spelling of as …
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How That Day Felt
Today is September 11th, 2021 — the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It was an event which still affects me mentally in some ways, even with my passive experiencing of it and 20 years having passed. As I mentioned in the article yesterday it was a world-changing moment for everyone. That particular day, …
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The Last Normal Day Of My Life
For all of us in life, there are defining moments which create a permanent before and after period in our lives where, from that point onward, something is forever changed. For me, one of those days was a Monday many years ago. I was a Junior in High School. Keep in mind that here in …
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September 2021 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Fashionably late to the party, here’s the September 2021 Games with Gold lineup. Is it good? Is it bad? Well, that’s what we’re here to take a look at. We open up with Warhammer: Chaosbane and Mulaka. Another Warhammer game? Mkay, this one is another rogue-like (or “Diablo Clone, if you prefer) and while I …
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I Started A Phone Company. No, Seriously.
All the way back in October of last year I wrote an entry called “I’m a Phreak” where I laid out what my most recent extreme interest has become — the old telephone network of the 20th century, and all that entails — the history, the technology, the stories, the rise and fall of The …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 135: Darkwing Duck – Episode Review
We’re long overdue for taking a look at a Nerd episode. Way too long overdue — Cinemassacre is back to pretty regular AVGN episodes, along with other content and it’s about time I do the same. Picking up where we left off we have Episode 135: Darkwing Duck for the TurboGrafx-16 (pronounced “Turbo Graphics Sixteen” …
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The Gateway From Hell
Here we have a story as old as time — or at least, one as old as how long I’ve lived in this house. This is the tale of my absolutely rage endeucing internet gateway, a constant pain in my ass since 2013. That’s where the story begins, actually – July 2013 and me moving …
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August 2021 Xbox Live Games With Gold
It’s bloody hot. Too hot to go out and do anything, so why not stay inside and game? Okay, that was an introduction to this entry, but seriously, it is hot out there – August is here and with the new month are new Games with Gold and, amazingly, I’m actually getting to covering them …
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July 2021 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Damnit, I was late on this one again. I’ve been busy, though, and let time kind of run away with me. Well, at least I’m getting to them before the middle of the month. Right, let’s get down to it: We open up with Planet Alpha and rock of Ages 3: Make & Break for …
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Oh Wait, I Forgot The Obligatory Rockets!
What is a 4th of July on Xadara without some good old American rocketry? A boring one, that’s what. Today I think I’ll share a video I may have shared before, but if I have oh well – I’m sharing it again. This is a compilation from the late 90’s of launches from Vandenberg Air …
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