August is over. September has arrived. And photography-wise I’m onto grander and more daunting projects. Real projects. The (un)project concludes with just a last few notes at some last highlights from the (un)collection… a fatherhood edition. A while back we ordered a copy of everyone’s favorite tile-based strategy game, but in the Kid’s Version. Kid’s Carcassonne is a hit around our house, as far as games go, and while this is not a review, you can take it as a recommendation: solid. That said, we do spend a fair quantity of time on the floor now that we own it. At least, more time than one might expect even if one is generally inclined to sit on floors anyhow. And more time even than one [...]
We were listening to the radio at supper time the other day and after a news story about some relatively complex medical story, the conversation in our house went (briefly) something like this… Radio: …and so, just to add some clarification, let me say that… Claire (surprised): WHAT!? Claire on vacation? Karin: He said “clarification” not “Claire on vacation.” Claire (completely ignoring her parents): How did they know about my vacation!? (then, muttering and laughing to herself in disbelief) They said me on vacation. No. Not really. Instead, about that moment, I decided to plan another sorta daddy day, and so — booking a single, impromptu mid-week day off work — invited grandma and grandpa up for a family day at the local summer fair. [...]
Posted on Wednesday, June 8, 02011 under
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A few days ago the PlayStation Network Store came back online after being down for nearly a month. Someone hacked it. And who would have thought half a dozen years ago that a store getting hacked would have garnered such an international mix of emotional outcries? Not this guy. The upshot for those of us who didn’t really care too much — other than not being able to buy more games on a whim — was that our indifferent patience was rewarded with a small collection of freebies from Sony. And after cashing in on those freebies over the weekend, I’ve finally had a chance the last couple of evenings to pull out the ol’ Dualshock3 controllers and have a play at my free copy [...]
I’ve been spending some of my rare free time lately playing a little capture-the-flag-style game on Playstation called “Fat Princess.” (I’ll leave you to research the details on your own, if you are interested.) And while I’ve been playing video games for most of my life — our first console was a Coleco Vision where my sibs and I spent hours acing Zaxxon — I grew up in the generation just prior to what is now quite common in video games: online gaming. And (admittedly) while I have played my share of online games, Fat Princess (weird choice, I’m sure…) is the first time I’ve really, y’know, been *into* online gaming. And you can read that as: “enjoyed and wanted to go back for more…” [...]
