Over the next few months, I will be creating a couple of new websites.
The first will be a daily gaming/technology blog. Stay tuned.
Right now, though, I have the flu. 
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Assassin’s Creed
Assassin’s Creed is a piece of fucking shit.
It’s mostly a good game. But the first sentence still applies.
Measuring the Game Backlog, aka “the Pile of Shame”
There are a great many games that I have intended to play (and finish), but have not yet done so. Some are games that I started but didn’t follow through, and others are games I simply never got to. I’ve done a great job lately in finishing games that I start, and I’m now going back and playing games I’ve missed (as evidenced by the Gearbox Half-Life expansions and now the Brothers in Arms titles). There’s a good chance I will edit this post and add more games in as I think of them.
Nintendo console games:
Super NES:
Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario World 2
Super Metroid (was this close to finishing)
ActRaiser
Super Mario RPG
Nintendo 64:
Super Mario 64 (played halfway many times, never finished)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (played 3/4 the way twice, never finished)
Paper Mario
GameCube:
Resident Evil 4 (GameCube controller aiming was awful, looking forward to playing Wii version)
Eternal Darkness
Other console games:
Genesis:
Shadowrun
Earthworm Jim
General Chaos
Toejam & Earl
Phantasy Star series
Shining Force series
Herzog Zwei
Warsong
PC RPGs:
Wasteland
Ultima series
Baldur’s Gate series
Icewind Dale series
Planescape: Torment
Neverwinter Nights series
Dungeon Siege series
Titan Quest series
Anachronox
Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
The Witcher
Fable: The Lost Chapters
PC Action/First Person games:
Thief series (played some of each, never completed)
System Shock
No One Lives Forever series
Brothers in Arms series
SWAT 4
Far Cry
Crysis
PC Strategy:
X-COM: UFO Defense
Starflight
Star Control II
Supreme Commander
Company of Heroes (plus expansion)
Command & Conquer series
Freedom Force series
WarCraft III
Tropico
Darwinia
Uplink
PC Adventure Games (point-and-click)
LucasArts:
Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders
Loom
The Dig
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Sam & Max Hit the Road (never finished it)
Sierra:
(all of them – yes, all)
Others:
The Space Bar
Obsidian
The Last Express
The Longest Journey series
Syberia series
Broken Sword series
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
Myst
Zork: Grand Inquisitor
Whew! That’s no small list. Let’s just say that when the spring/summer game release drought hits, I won’t be complaining about it. Probably not during 2009′s summer either.
I Love Japanese Product Packaging
The title says it all: I love Japanese product packaging.
The latest example? The Scythe “Mini Kaze”:
It’s a 40mm computer case fan (which, if you’re not aware, is a tiny little thing, about the size of a CPU). It costs $4. Most case fans you buy, especially small, inconsequential, non-glowy fans, come bare or with the most minimal of packaging. But not Scythe’s product. Not only does it get a fancy brand name, it’s got bright colorful packaging that proudly proclaims the fan’s specs, as well as it’s “2Way Connection!”.
Can’t say I’ve ever seen so much branding and packaging effort for the smallest of computer case fans.
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