As long as I’ve enjoyed playing games — well over thirty years now — I’ve enjoyed ridiculous, violent and semi-realistic driving games. These included old arcade games like Pole Position, Enduro and Turbo, as well as insane racers like Carmageddon and Burnout. I’ve never wanted too much realism with my driving games lest they get [...]
I’ve mentioned geeky ink before, and it’s something I’m fascinated with. I have three tattoos myself, but only one of which has anything to do with a TV show (it’s from Supernatural) but as they say, once you get one, you’ll want more. Like Lays potato chips. Anyway, I’ve been contemplating my next tattoos. I [...]
Anyone who knows me knows I love space sims. From turn-and-burn fighter sims like Freespace 2, Wing Commander or Tie Fighter to capital-ship sims like Klingon Academy, Independence War or Rules of Engagement. Well, imagine my excitement when I found a new space sim entitled Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator. Not to be confused with Star [...]
Anyone who knows me know that my biggest love in gaming is space combat simulations. I’ve sunk more hours into games like Freespace 2, Tie Fighter, all of the Wing Commander games and so on. Sadly the genre really took a dive around 2000, with many companies pulling away from the genre. Thankfully there have [...]
There are a lot of awesome things on the Internet, and one great place to find many of them is YouTube. YouTube has given anyone the power to create and upload their own content, and many of the videos on YouTube are fan-based videos showcasing their favorite TV shows, movies, video games, and so on. [...]
As a geek, you always have your favorites. Favorite TV show, favorite book (or series of books), favorite movie, etc etc etc. I figured I’d get a discussion going by talking about my favorites, and thought this might be a good way to introduce myself and my geekdom as well…
