Pizza connection

A couple of weeks ago, we got all three Pizza Connection games in the GoG version from a PC magazine subscription. Since it’s DRM-free, bookahnerk and I didn’t even have to fight for who gets the games. And if we had, then I would have won, because I installed them first. :p … [Read more...] about Screenshot Saturday: Pizza Connection 3

The way we define our friends has vastly changed over the past decade or so. There is a fine line between virtual friends and the friends we see in real life. In many cases, these two groups overlap. We might connect with former friends through social networking sites but never actually see them in person for the rest of our lives. Other friends we connect with online we might see every single day. Heck, they might be sitting right next to us as we share a link on their Facebook wall or retweet them. Some people are less picky about their virtual friends, and they’ll accept new ones that they’ve never met in person. For these less selective people, are the friends they’ve made through social networking sites true friends? … [Read more...] about How Personality Type affects the Quality of Facebook Friends

Suppose you're in line at Pizza Hut and you see a girl at the counter who is taking orders. You ask yourself, "What should I say to her to make her feel important?" So while she's taking your order, you remark with an energetic smile, "Your hard work is really appreciated. Thank you."   … [Read more...] about 7 Human Ways Which You Can Implement to Write Engaging Email

What completely overwhelmed me yesterday was all the well wishes from my internet family.  Both my twitter and g+ feeds were blowing up with well wishes all day yesterday, and upon logging into teamspeak that night I got another round.  I feel completely bombarded, and I thank all of you for that feeling.  It kinda feels like the whole Sally Fields “You like me, You really like me” moment.  But amazing friends aside… I find it always interesting to see which bot wishes me a happy birthday first.  This year and I believe many of the other years recently… the reward goes for the WoW Ace Forums…  who wished me a happy birthday at 7 pm on the 17th, which I can only assume is on Australian time?  In all seriousness… I am humbled by the amount of support I get from you all. … [Read more...] about Recording Console Games

Gaming Influences A few days ago one of my friends that works in the games industry was talking about a thing that had been circulating around his studio.  The idea was for each of the folks to create a list of the fifteen games that most influenced them, or taunt them something new that games could do.  While this is a really helpful exercise in the gaming industry I am sure, I figured it would also be pretty fun to do as a lifelong gamer and gaming blogger.  The thing I was not realizing while going into it… was just how hard it would be to pair things down to a list of fifteen games.  There are so many titles I wanted to include, but I had to come up with a hard rationale for each and every one on the list.  So there will be titles that are conspicuously absent, and others that I have included that you wouldn’t think of.  However the final list includes titles that I learned some lesson from along the way. … [Read more...] about 15 Gaming Influences