Acid for Blood

There were a couple of sessions that I really enjoyed at the Game Developers Conference this year.
The first was “Game Studies Download 3.0“. The Game Studies Download first appeared at GDC 2006, which was the first GDC I attended. I’m quite interested in the various fields of game studies, having dabbled in it (read: dissertation […]

The new Guild Wars Skill (and Item) Unlock Packs are on sale for 50% off until 31st December. The Skill Unlock Packs provide players the following benefits:

Immediately use these unlocked skills for your Heroes and PvP characters.
These skills (except elite skills) also become available for your PvE characters to learn from any Skill Trainer.

This is […]

The Razer DeathAdder Guild Wars Edition mouse, which I wrote about in July, had been announced only for Europe at that time. I just checked the Razer website, and the Guild Wars edition mouse is now available for Guild Wars fans in the States. I’m not sure how long these mice have been available on […]

I haven’t finished Portal yet, for I am eschewing games to work on my NaNoWriMo. However, I will say that if anyone wanted to get me these, I wouldn’t be opposed:

News of official Weighted Companion Cube plushies popped up on the Steam update the other day.
The pair of Weighted Companion Cubes have the nerd […]

Oh yes.

I am now the owner of a digital camera, the Canon PowerShot SD800 IS. For the few (and I do mean few) that have been following my Twitter updates (or if you have glanced at my sidebar within the past couple of days) you will have known about my new acquisition already.
I took my new […]

I have to get this mouse. I just have to. Maybe two.
NCsoft Europe is proud to announce a new partnership with Razer, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional gaming peripherals, to produce a Guild Wars edition of the award-winning Razer DeathAdder gaming mouse.
I don’t have a gaming mouse. Do you know what mouse I have? […]

I want this mobile.

I’m hoping for a quad band version if/when they release it in the States.
So pretty…
[Shiny Shiny]
[Crave’s coverage of the LG Shine at CES]
Technorati Tags: lg, lg shine, mobiles, mobile phones

One of my friends just spent £3 500 ($6 915) on a Dell XPS 710 desktop computer, with the works. No monitor as yet. Full insurance coverage for 4 years.
I’m slightly jealous of the awesome rig, but I’m mainly in awe at the price he paid. Wow.
Technorati Tags: dell, dell xps 710, gaming […]

Like thousands of others, I recently voted for a chance to buy a Wii. I got an email this morning:
Amazon Customers Vote “You have been randomly selected!”
Dear Amazon.com Customer,
Congratulations! As someone who signed up for the Amazon Customers Vote: Special Edition promotion and selected the Nintendo Wii console, you have been randomly selected for […]