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[ Sep 29 2006 ]

Oh how it sucks to be me.

So we rocked up to the airport and filed into the plane like good sheep, only to find that our window seat was a dirty lie of the worst sort. What kind of bastard fills in a window??





Games
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[ Sep 20 2006 ]

Overclocking the PCEngine

RobIvy has thrown a faster clock into his PCEngine and, apparently, it was a success. Games run faster, but so does the sound. A marginal increase in speed reduces slowdown in some games without raising the pitch too much. Very interesting!





Games
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[ Sep 1 2006 ]

Tetrisphere, the Jaguar and the Nintendo 64

Back when the Nintendo 64 was new and the Jag was still clinging to life, I was at CES. This would have been January 1995. Atari was flush with cash from a settlement with Sega, I believe over Atari’s game controller patents. I asked the guy at Atari how the money from Sega was affecting […]





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[ Sep 1 2006 ]

Pixel Art Book

Many of you might not know I’ve been writing a book. I don’t talk about it much ’cause of the problems I’ve been having getting it done, and working with the publisher, but it’s starting to look like it’ll actually get printed, so here’s an update. It’s nearly finished. I’ve completed the main body of […]





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