I make no shame of my geekery here on this blog and I have noted on occasion [1] [2] [3] [4] that I’m a bit of a sucker for Final Fantasy games, in particular having played through VII at least three times. That particular game was the motivating force behind my original purchase of [...]

… Spore is not an evolution simulator. Not even close. It has a lot of good things going for it, and the fact that it doesn’t in any way simulate evolution did not detract me from spending eight hours with it on Saturday. But it is not evolution.
In fact, if [...]

Karin made her way to the mall last night after Claire went to bed, and was kind enough to return home with a brand new, sealed copy of Spore for me to try out this weekend.  The linger geneticist in me is curious, and the few fragmented remains of my video game addiction always did [...]

The chain of events goes something like this:
1) Brad and his family travel to the fine (but chilly) city of Calgary to visit with a handful of folks (of to whom they happen to be related) who choose to live there for some reason, and also to attend a performance of Cirque du Soleil. [...]

… visit to the park on a mild Thursday morning in late July.
- four ride-on lawn mowers
- four moderately experienced lawnmower drivers
- six senior citizens
- six pairs of white and/or khaki senior slacks
- three small dogs
- four joggers
- two joggers with small dogs
- one mom-jogger with a jogging stroller
- two groups of day home kids
- [...]

We stayed up until midnight last night trying to solve the adventure puzzles of Lego Indy. The advantage of that particular title is the cooperative play mode that not only allows two player action, but lets one progress through the game in two player mode — a feature sorely lacking on many games. [...]

December 29
Thanks to an invite from Nina, Claire and her family spent a few hours this afternoon wandering around the ‘Telus World of Science’ — formerly known as the Odysseum — which was formerly known, back in my day (harrumph!) as the Edmonton Space and Science Center.

Day 29: Oh, how true it is…

Yes, [...]

December 18
I tend to think of your classic “board games” as anything that requires a table to play — and, of course, more than just a deck of cards, standard or custom. In the last couple years we’ve become fans of the large variety of games exported from Europe, all of which tend to [...]

December 15
We’re half way through December and, as luck would have it, I’m on holidays. That’s right, from start to end, I’m on day one of an eighteen day break from all things work. So, what’s the plan?

Day 15: Mom’s cooking is actually quite good. When she can finally taste the shortbread, she’ll see [...]

December 7
Yet another odd thing about being parents is that you re-learn how to play on the floor. And not just the floor activities you would expect, such as toys and general goofiness. We, for example, have discovered various other family-friendly ways to entertain ourselves and Claire while avoiding most forms of furniture. [...]

December 5
This time last year I was lamenting on multiple failed acquisitions of a Nintendo Wii. At that point we were a mere couple months into the frenzy of the new console and — where now they are merely a rare and tough to locate object — back then they were items that [...]

I’ve been somewhat negligent on my gaming these days, what with all the yard work and other mini-projects consuming my time. Heck, I’m lucky if I can find an hour to sit down with a book, it seems. But I have been dabbling a little and have two recommendations:
Final Fantasy VII
I’m not going [...]