by shezcrafti | Dec 16, 2008 | Gaming |
It wasn’t so long ago that RPGs were simple affairs involving a few different-colored pixels with a sword roaming over an endlessly similar landscape fighting other different-colored pixels to mind-numbingly repetitive music (I’m looking at you, Dragon...
by shezcrafti | Dec 12, 2008 | Gaming, Reviews & Opinion |
Today CNN Money reports that sales of Sony’s PS3 have plummeted 19% from last year’s figures and the console is literally “dying on the shelves.” Meanwhile, Xbox 360’s 2008 sales have improved over 2007 and Nintendo’s Wii continues...
by shezcrafti | Dec 6, 2008 | General Geekdom, Shopping Adventures |
With Christmas right around the corner, I thought it would be fun (and hopefully helpful) to put together a list of inexpensive gift ideas for geeks, all for under $10. (And I’m not going to cheat and mention $10 gift cards, either!) Pocket LED Flashlight Every...
by shezcrafti | Dec 4, 2008 | Reviews & Opinion, Stuff I Watch |
I have a love/hate relationship with George Lucas. I suspect we all do. On the love side he has given us masterpieces like the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, and on the hate side he’s shit out things like Jar Jar Binks and The Kingdom of the Crystal...
by shezcrafti | Dec 2, 2008 | Stuff I Watch |
The Power of the Dark Crystal If you were a kid raised on The Muppet Show in the 1970s and early 80s, it was inevitable that you saw The Dark Crystal, Jim Henson and Brian Froud’s epic 1982 fantasy movie. Although many kids were admittedly terrified by it, there were...