Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category

Seven Things

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Thanks to Paul Reinheimer for sneakily tagging me. I made it to the state tennis tournament 3 out of 4 years in high school. I read the entire DOS manual when I was 5. I've owned a house since I was 23. In 1993 and 1994 I saw every state in the U.S. and ...

Dominate Need for Speed (Undercover) and Still Lose

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Dictionary.com defines dominate in the following ways: 1) to rule over; govern; control. 2) to tower above; overlook; overshadow As I was racing today, I owned one of the longer races by completing it in 5:17. The "time to beat" in order to gain domination status was 5:38. It seems to ...

Presenting Stock Rider :: Ski the Market

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Play Now Today is very special. After 150 hours of hard work and sleepless nights, I have released Stock Rider, a flash-based game where you ski real market data. This is my first big Flash piece and I am so happy with the results. It uses Box2D for Flash as ...

Dream Gaming Computer – 2008

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

Every year my desktop gets older, our mortgage gets smaller, the games get better, and I crave new hardware. The 1st step is to admit you're addicted, right? Without further adieu, I present you with my pick for the best gaming desktop of 2008. My picks were ...

DD-WRT’s Quality of Service Works Really Well

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

The advent of YouTube, Hulu, Netflix's watch instantly feature, torrents, and offsite/online backup has made good bandwidth crucial to an enjoyable experience. The first time my wife got me killed by hogging the bandwidth while I was playing World of Warcraft I immediately cranked up the DD-WRT control panel ...

World of Warcraft Subscription Successfully Cancelled

Monday, October 6th, 2008

I finally kicked my habit! Turdrangus Level 70: 17 days, 19 hours, 27 minutes, 32 seconds Total: 35 days, 23 hours, 48 minutes, 52 seconds Jorina Total: 4 days, 21 hours, 35 minutes, 38 seconds Total 40 days, 21 hours, 24 minutes, 30 seconds Start Date: August 2007 End Date: October ...

World of Warcraft 2.4.3 Patch Notes

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

"Haris Pilton has launched a new line of bags and jewelry. Check her out in the World's End Tavern!" [Source] Blizzard obviously has no fear of Paris Hilton's lawyers. Then again, they went after Oprah Winfrey too! No related posts.

My Heros

Monday, July 14th, 2008

These guys designed a Guitar Hero bot that uses photo diodes to sense when a note should be played. Genius. No related posts.

Mah New Lewts

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Out with the old: Sash of Serpentra In with the new: Nethershard Girdle No related posts.

First Ever Attempt at Gruul

Friday, July 11th, 2008

I've tried Gruul's Lair twice before tonight in a PUG which both failed miserably. Tonight we beat the crap out of the instance thanks to an all-guild, well-equipped group. I died zero (0) times and our main tank, Squirrels, survived the entire time as well. Below is ...