Tag Archives: failure

The Xbox is Dead, Long Live the Xbox!

Which is to say, our Xbox died the other night mid-game, taking with it our beloved XBMC. This evening we broke down, bought a replacement and I'm setting it up right now. Wheee!

Banana, Crackers and Gatorade… Oh my!

Well, I finally feel like I am at least partly back from the dead. But really, that's getting ahead of myself; allow me to backtrack a bit.
2005. May. 7th. Ariesna and I were joined in wedded bliss. Unfortunately with her just finishing her degree and paying for a wedding money [...]

Pukka’s Links of the Week

From Pukka:

Things Hagrid the Half-Giant Would Say If He Served Jesus Instead of Harry Potter.
Con as in Convention!
Ding!
Regarding New Orleans
Badger Badger Badger
Coffee So Strong......... [Editor] I don't know seems like it's kind of weak coffee to me if you actually have to drink it to wake up from the Matrix. With truly coffee, smelling [...]

A Gamer’s Manifesto

Instant-Failure Stealth Levels. Ack. This brings back horrible memories of a Goldeneye level where if you tripped an alarm, an infinite number of bad guys poured forth. We knew a man who failed that level 37 times, then got the Infinite Health cheat for it and came back. He intentionally tripped the alarm, the guards [...]

Self-Evaluation

Like many wage slaves in the US today, I recently had to fill out a self-evaluation form. After doing so, I started to wonder what these useless time wasters would look like if both the employer & employee were being completely honest...

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