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The Best Extension Ever

August 29th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Me

I’m not a technology evangelist of any sort. I use things that work well and let me do the things that I like to do. I’m really a terrible fanboy. But if you do any sort of research or writing, then this extension should persuade you of the virtues of Firefox. Zotero lets you create […]

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I Am Not Very Good

August 26th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Me

The dirty secret of games journalists is that many of them are not very good at games. You won’t see them topping games ladders or schooling all newcomers. They play too many games to ever really excel and any one unless it is their sole pastime outside of the work environment. This is doubly true […]

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Minimum Spec Fun

August 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Me

For the last week or so I’ve been unable to play Bioshock. I exceed the minimum specs by quite a bit, except for two things – video card memory and RAM. Here I am right at the minimum line so the game would crash on area transitions. I haven;t been able to get past the […]

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Personal Gripe Time

August 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Personal Gripe Time · History, Me

How in the name of all that is holy does Alexander Hamilton not make the cut as an advisor for the United States in the Napoleon’s Ambition expansion to Europa Universalis 3? He’s the indispensable founding father – he did and thought things that precious few of his compatriots did. Add him. Level 6 Treasurer.

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Waiting

August 21st, 2007 · 6 Comments · Me

Why does it take Bioshock so long to install?

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Call for Contacts

August 16th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Me

I’m doing research for an article and could use a little help from my seven or eight readers. If you know someone who: a) Plays The Sims and buys every expansion, and b) Doesn’t spend a lot of time in the online Sims community, or c) Has bought the core Sims game in the recent […]

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