Category Archives: video games
Recent bookmarks and purchases
Den Brooks @ Dribble: Captivating “corners” 3d series. Project Euler: Have fun learning to code by cracking math problems, brought to my attention by this Atlantic article. Seth’s Palookaville 20: Issue 20 of Seth’s long-running comic includes part four of … Continue reading
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Strange days
I recently joined the beta of Home on my PlayStation 3. It’s the Metaverse from Snow Crash, only boring. It does look really good. So I boot it up for the first time, design my avatar (below), and am plunked … Continue reading
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Quiet day
Words cannot express how much I’m looking forward to the Mother 3 translation maybe a screenshot will do it
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Never not blogging
Games: Snatcher Pilot DS: The Snatcher demo disc ported to Nintendo DS – quite an achievement. Snatcher’s an old cyberpunk game by Hideo Kojima of Metal Gear Solid. You’re going to need a NintendoDS flash card to play. Via Insert … Continue reading
Filed under architecture, music, video games
Rise of the robots
Modular robot reassembles when it’s kicked apart: everywhere on the internet today. Skynet rises. Seriously though, how long until these modules are itsy-bitsy? See also the NeoCube. New BMW M1: sexxxxxxy. The body looks like two layers, as if the … Continue reading
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What’s up Monday
Kitsune Noir: House Uc by Miyahara Architect Office: Great use of concrete. I wonder what’s on the roof. Wired: Deutsche Bank Loves Shai Agassi’s Plan to Bring Us EVs (Electric Vehicles): “Bean counters at Deutsche Bank absolutely love Shai Agassi’s … Continue reading
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Hack your PSP Slim
So I just bought a PSP and waded through a bunch of bad information in order to successfully get it hacked – I decided to write up a little how-to for the nerds in the audience here. Easier than working … Continue reading
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Media List
Here’s what’s on my queue – what am I missing? I’ve heard a lot of the talked-about music and seen a lot of movies that’ve come out this year but haven’t read a lot of books. Books Fiction Audeguy – … Continue reading
Filed under architecture, music, video games
So, um
…see you next year. Seriously, what games should I get for this thing? I’m thinking Rachet & Clank (NYT rave), Oblivion (which apparently ate two weeks of Tom Bissell’s life) and maybe Ninja Gaiden or Virtua Fighter 5. Also v. … Continue reading
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Another obsession dealt with
In 1992, a Japanese video game company called Kaneko made a prototype of a Beastie Boys arcade game. It was eventually released, but heavily modified and stripped of licensing. I wrote up a page to collect all known information about … Continue reading
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Clack Clack Klack
Andreaa has a new site for her new book and a new Amazon blog. On the offhand chance that anyone who reads Litwack.org is unfamiliar, make sure to buy To Feel Stuff on August 1. Napping is okay, but don’t … Continue reading
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