Technology

Dec 23 2003

I’ve been working on this for more than three months, but finally figured out how to put it all together coherently tonight. This is a layman’s introduction to a number of different things, starting with different video formats and how they stack up in terms of quality and resolution. There’s also a series of supplemental […]

Games

Nov 26 2003

1. Zumi was mentioned in this month’s Edge magazine. Never mind that the mag is a mere shadow of its former self, they’re talking about Zumi! 2. Nintendo’s Monopoly was good for us. 3. The forums lost a chunk of the archive, but there’s a new backup regimen in place and I apologize for letting […]

Games

Nov 26 2003

MySQL has failed again, and the forums are down until I can find a way to possibly reclaim the data and resurrect the missing forum. I’m somewhat displeased, moreso because I didn’t start doing the regular backups I promised last time this happened. ;) –2013 update: yeah, Windows’ habit of enabling disk caching by default […]

Games

Nov 6 2003

It’s not quite games-related enough to be shunted into the Games Division, so here it is: Japan’s Megumi, spokesboobs for Sega and countless other companies, and she’s famous simply for being famous. Check her out. Videos and pics! Woo!

Games

Oct 5 2003

Today I went to Shinjuku to meet up with Rayforce (from #shmups). He showed me a half dozen great arcades and I actually played some arcade games for the first time in too long. Here’s what I played and what I thought about ’em. Ketsui (Cave) – This game is the absolute bomb. Total kickass […]