PAX 2009 Keynote Speaker Revealed
Posted by alan | Filed under Behind the Scenes, Gaming
One of the biggest PAX articles we publish every year is the keynote speaker address. In the past we have featured Ken Levine and Wil Wheaton. This year the legendary Ron Gilbert will be opening PAX 09. He’s one of my idols, as he worked on the original Monkey Island games (which Telltale and LucasArts [...]
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Best Video Game Soundtracks
Posted by alan | Filed under Gaming
Listed here are (IMO) the best video game soundtracks ever! If there’s a video game tune you can’t get out of your head, then it belongs on this list! I’m sure there’s lots of games I haven’t tried, so feel free to chime in…
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Ultima 3
Monkey Island 2
Super Mario World
Bubble Bobble
Tomb Raider 1 (it was mostly [...]
Tags: Monkey Island;
Best old-skool games
Posted by alan | Filed under Editorials, Gaming
Here’s some old-skool list of the best games. I would play these for hours WAY beyond their intended longevity
Doom (PC)
Stunts (PC)
Yoshi’s Island (SNES)
Resident Evil 1 (PS1)
Grand Theft Auto 3 (PC)
Ultima 3 (Atari 800)
Monkey Island 2 (PC)
Everquest (PC)
X-wing vs. Tie Fighter (PC)
Thief (PC)
Splinter Cell (Xbox)
Tomb Raider 1 (PC with Voodo Graphics, baby!)
Virtual Pool Mobile (Pocket PC)
Oblivion might [...]
Tags: Monkey Island;, Splinter Cell;, Yoshi's Island;
LAN Party and poop
Posted by alan | Filed under Behind the Scenes, Gaming, General Life
This weekend I went to a LAN party… didn’t end up playing any games, but I did copy a few things. They had a LOCAL World of Warcraft server and with modified options. The max level was upped to 255 and the XP to level up was severely reduced!
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My freakin’ glasses broke! I have 2 [...]
Tags: Costco;, LAN party;, LAN;, Monkey Island;, USD;
