This game is damn neat. It’s fun to build up a giant tank, total overkill, and then watch it fail because you missed a strut or something. It’s equally fun to build something small and basic: I thought for sure that this contraption would fail. (It certainly didn’t work the way I had planned.)

I’ve been playing Spore most nights since it arrived. I’ve played from the Cellular stage all the way through the Space stage. I think it is fair to say that I’ve seen everything that the game offers, and I find it very limited. I’m in full agreement with Yahtzee’s review of Spore and I will [...]

Gameplay: I have only just reached the Civilization Stage, so I can only comment about the Cellular through Tribal. The Cellular stage is pretty straightforward with some surprises. I expected that my creature would use asexual reproduction while in the primordial soup. Instead, you have to find a mate and modify the offspring prior to [...]

…buying “Mario Bros” instead of “Super Mario Bros”. Brilliance! Oh well, it’ll be fun if a friend comes over I guess.
This system is pretty slick. I was surprised it didn’t come with an S-Video cable, although I’m sure research would have revealed this. I do like the built-in wi-fi, and that Nintendo managed to make [...]

While in nethack, I’ve observed that:

when I’m trying to chase a monster down, I often tap the keys more rapidly
when I am about to strike at a monster I’ve been chasing, I hit the key extra hard
when I am near a sleeping nymph I tap the keys lightly
I am actually gravely concerned when I see [...]

So far I’ve received: Magic The Gathering “Core Game”, w/ 2 starter packs, a guide, a “collectable premium card”, and some extra cards, along with “Magic Online”, a PC version of the game. 2 booster packs for MTG. A copy of Project Gotham Racing 3. A t-shirt from 1UP.com. $10,000, if I was the first [...]

The taste of bawls is surprisingly good.
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Sweet. Won a copy of PGR3 from Microsoft. More racing goodness.
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