just because

For my FPS gamer friends

Yet again, very soon, there will be an assault on game stores around the world. I have to admit that at some point I will indulge...just time is prodigious in its absence for me right now. I would thing my sons will indulge.
It will be interesting to see where this installment stacks up in the franchise and; how long this cash cow will sustain itself. (?)

HOME getting this.

 

For those of you who enjoy adding to the HOME experience on your PS3, this looks to be a pretty exciting addition coming from Sony/UbiSoft sometime soon. I admit that I frequently pay for cyber space in HOME. I enjoy the world and running away to MY creations of the mind. I know, I am helplessly lost to all accountability of a sane world. Oh well, I enjoy it. So there. I spend hours in these wonderful corners of the mind trying to heal. It is what I do.

 

for my oldest son…he loved shenmue

and of course, I just love Tokyo.

The D20 geek in me smiles.

Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Surfacescapes on Vimeo.

 

It’s not your dads D&D anymore. I so have thought of something like this for years. I smile at where this may lead too. The future can be so cool if we just go with it.

[prototype]

for gamers.....enjoy! this is coming later in the year and looks devastating!

the new unreal engine 3

The famed Unreal Engine sees to continue it's industry dominance with a load of brand new... The famed Unreal Engine sees to continue it's industry dominance with a load of brand new features just announced at GDC 2009. More »

 

are your children prepared?

Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse?

it’s from the onion, but i cracked up. no, wait..could these skills be of use?

my personal favorite was: ‘catching morning dew in a human skull.’

is it important to know how to make a shelter out of bombed out hulks and wrecks?

oh yeah, this is from the onion, sorry, my mind started to wonder.

Dante's Inferno

i have stated several times that video gamming is going to be the entertainment mainstream in the near future. there is some amazing writing occurring in games these days and of course, the visuals are beyond anything i could have ever foreseen the first time i played ‘pong’. i look forward to this one a lot.

what is interesting to me is the current fad of true mass media assault a la ~ dead space; this will be movie/game/ and i suspect comic at release. get ready, the world is changing people, just keep aware of the message!

odds`n ends a time of catch up

these are some pictures that i just got around to downloading off my camera. sorry, as i was ill and indisposed for awhile. i will attempt to be better at taking and posting pictures.

 

 

congrats to heather for getting through high school.

 

william doing something to my tv

 

where i have to go sometimes, this is mayo clinic scottsdale where i get a lot of test done. the radiation area is underground and i call it the bat cave.

 

it’s a heather thing; she started me taking pictures of my shoes?? don’t ask, as i have no clue.

 

lame-o son #2, aaron.  i pick on him a lot but he is kind of special to me.

 

you have seen my ps3; this is my x-box 360

 

the cat with no name is still here and haunting my very existence.

Judge buys into “videogames made him do it” defense

i sometimes want to just thank God that i have been blessed with wonderful children who not only had/have a good head for what the gaming environment is. they can inhabit that environment with an individually that is both engaging, humorous and yes…helpful. now, i will admit that my youngest son tends to have a flair for the ‘dark side’, the truth is, he has to much on his real world plate to be consumed by the beasts which inhabit the underbelly of the gaming world.

i or we will never probably know the ‘truth’ of what happened in this family. i by no means judge. again, i pass these stories along as something to make you stop, give pause and be at least a little proactive about what goes on in your own living room or in your child's room. there is no substitute for YOU being in YOUR CHILD’S life.

sad story here

oh, thank you GOD, they all turned out just fine with your help.

The Year in Violence: 2008

some of you may have strong feelings about violence in any form. for some reason, violence in ‘games’, has been a real lighting rod for a lot of parents.

i know that it is a daunting dilemma for some of you that want to get a gaming system for the family but may be unsure as to which system or even may be unaware of the content of some games. even ones which appear on the surface to be cute, innocent and safe for most or all family members.

i wanted to pass this along as information and to give you something to think about if you need a hand in deciding on which/what/how/why video gaming is a real daunting endeavor for parents who care.

this is no means my opinion. i agree with some and not with other aspects of this article by Michael Thomsen. i do find it very thoughtful and balanced to the subject at hand.  i leave it to you to decide what is best for your household gaming requirements. i have several of the games mentioned and as an ‘empty nested’ adult i have no issue with the games in my possession. you may…so buyer (or parent of a player beware).

See why 2008 was one of the most impressively violent years in the history of gaming.