Archive | gaming

27 November 2006 ~ Comments

Video Games and Pissing Contests: Business Lessons Learned From Nintendo Wii

Although real life has made substantial demands on my free time, I have been an active video game player since the age of seven, when my parents purchased a Nintendo Entertainment System for my half-brother and me. I remember spending countless hours playing our NES-as it was more well known then-until my mother would [...]

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09 May 2006 ~ Comments

Playstation 3 to cost more than my PC?

So, today at E3 Sony announced details of the Playstation 3. Read Engadget’s write up for all of the info. Here’s the part that gets me: $499 for the 20GB HD version and $599 for the 60GB HD version. My incredibly useful MacMini cost me $425, although, in the interest of full [...]

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07 June 2005 ~ Comments

Catching up

Been a while since I’ve posted. Not too much going on until today. Apple and Intel? More on that later.
First, work has been hectic. Purchased Tiger for my aging iMac (800 mHz G4) and it has infused some new life into the little computer that could. Wrting this right now [...]

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20 April 2005 ~ Comments

Azeroth calls

After much coaxing by my co-workers and friends, I finally took the plunge and started playing World of Warcraft. I have ridiculed this game, and those who play it, for some time now. It’s really no different from other MMORPGs, but this game has attracted some definite freaks and some people take it [...]

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