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Land of the Lost

Posted by Colleen "momgamer" Hannon –
"I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks." -- Daniel Boone

With Your Shield Or On It

Posted by Colleen "momgamer" Hannon –
"The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears." -- Ellen Goodman
Heavenly Sword boxart

Beauty and Brutality

Posted by Colleen "momgamer" Hannon –
What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine. -- Susan Sontag (1933 - 2004), Against Interpretation, 1966
Sign from the TV show Cheers

Traditional Is Not A Dirty Word

Posted by Colleen "momgamer" Hannon –
Excuse me, I forgot. It's not innovation unless it involves another texture pass. - Tycho from Penny Arcade
Panoramic view of the PAX 2007 Expo Hall taken by Lord Moon

Let's Go Out to the Convention

Posted by Colleen "momgamer" Hannon –
It's convention season again. Every weekend between now and Labor Day somewhere in this native land a large group of freaks and geeks are going to gather and celebrate whatever particular brand of geek/freakhood they practice. I'm a geek of the sort that attends conventions, and I help out at several. I have quite a bit of experience nerd-herding.

Tales of a Relapsing PC Gamer

Posted by Colleen "momgamer" Hannon –
"It helps if you think of InstallShield as a very long, boring, linear game."-- Real Life, Greg Dean

The Game-Expert Man

Posted by Colleen "momgamer" Hannon –
Add It All Up and It Spells Trouble With a capital "T", which rhymes with "P" and stands for "pool"...

Intersecting Connections

Posted by Colleen "momgamer" Hannon –
My mom and I have gone several rounds in her quest to join the 17th Century, technology-wise. One day a couple years ago she called me all upset because she was trying to sort out the concept of RGB colors for her genealogy club website. I told her what to do, but she just didn't get how adding green to red and blue could combine to make purple turn to lavender.

Otaku In The Mist

Posted by Colleen "momgamer" Hannon –
Today we're going to discuss an issue of growing concern. Naru-tards. What is a Naru-tard? Simply speaking, it's someone who likes the Japanese television show Naruto to the point that they begin to display a characteristic set of behaviors. Some people would call anyone who enjoys the show a Naru-tard, but in my book only the most over-the-top fans garner the designation.

Cutscenes Without Context

Posted by Colleen "momgamer" Hannon –
"Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with."-- Bob Wells In their Games section, Slate recently put up a slide show discussing various traditional game conventions. It wasn't horrific as far as mainstream media articles about games go, but it sputtered badly when it tried to take on the topic of cutscenes.

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