Thoughts about design and technology.

Sam and Max is a video game series that originally started back in 1993. It made a comeback a couple of years ago in the form of episodic gaming, releasing one ‘episode’ each month for a ’season’ of six episodes. It’s sorta like a tv show where each episode can be played on its own, […]

In the last couple of years, I’ve gotten used to subscribing to blogs as my main source of news and information. Mix that with listening to most of my music through a portable player and it’s gotten me thinking about how I consume media.
My primary music player is a Zune, both as a portable device […]

Part of my interest in Microsoft’s UltraMobile PC was to install emulators for gaming systems of the past to enjoy some casual, portable gaming. I originally hesitated getting the Game Boy Micro since its screen size seemed too small, but the games I’ve played so far changed my mind. They seem perfect for the format.
The […]

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, was held a couple of weeks ago. What was presented this year shows how serious the gaming industry has become.
The media coverage itself was pretty impressive. Gaming news websites had extensive content. The G4 cable channel turned into all E3 channel all week long with correspondents everywhere on the […]

This will start out as a rant of my recent movie-going incident, but will lead to something I’ve felt strongly about for a while now.
Last weekend, when going to see King Kong with my family and a couple of friends at the local Harkins theaters, our ‘movie experience’ was less than enjoyable when the sound […]