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Last.fm Listening Habits 2012 Q1
This quarter my listens were a bit lower than they would otherwise have been because a lot of time I would have spent in front of the computer was spent with my new daughter. But, as she grew and now spends time in her “baby gym”, I sometimes put on music for her both so…
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February Video Games Report
Mass Effect 2 (19 hrs) – I knew my wife was getting close to delivering our first child, so I was rushing as quickly as I could to save the galaxy. I got to it with one week to spare. Phew! I didn’t enjoy the story as much as Mass Effect 1, but the gameplay…
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How Best to Rip and Manage Your Own (legally purchased) DVDs to create your own Netflix Instant
I had two reasons for starting this project: 1) my wife and I like to collect Disney movies from our youth. These movies are most likely to be watched by kids and kids are likely to damage DVDs. I’ve heard lots of anecdotes on the net from parents who are on their fourth purchase of…
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Jan 2012 Video Games
There aren’t any new games on here, so I’m only going to mention some quick comments on each. Plants vs Zombies (29 hrs) – threw a bunch of hours into this game because I just had a handful of achievements left and for some reason I wanted to finish it off. 2 or 3 to…
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Review: Bastion
While I’m not some video game hipster that doesn’t enjoy the Triple-A games, I have found myself increasingly having my most compelling game experiences on games created by indie or small studios. I think this is because indie studios are no different from starups, indie bands, and indie film makers in their willingness and ability…
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2011 in Video Games (and my 2011 Game of the Year)
Civilization V (75 hrs) – What can I say about this game that I haven’t said already? This is the series that made “One More More Turn…” famous and it still works today. If I were to start a game tonight, I would not go to bed at a reasonable time. Team Fortress 2 (70…
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Last.fm My Top Artists for 2011
So here’s my top listened artists for 2011. Some of these entries are a surprise and others are expected. I can’t wait to see how many of these artists are on this list next year. Well, let’s take a look. 1. The Beatles (492) – No surprises here; the ancestors of nearly all pop and…
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Dec 2011 Video Games
With school over I had plenty of time to get back into video games last month. I had a blast! Team Fortress 2 (6 hrs) – Got back into this game because my brother-in-law wanted to play it. I’d forgotten how awesomely fun it is to play this game! Plants vs Zombies (5 hrs) –…
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Last.fm Listening Habits 2011 Q4
For the last fourth of the year I continued to listen to my music on random via Amarok’s dynamic playlist. I set it to only play songs that I liked, but other than that left it up to chance. For the most part, the only exceptions were when I had exams to take and wanted…
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Raptr October Video Game Report
My graduate degree has stemmed my play time this month. This is all I was able to put in. Mass Effect 2 (1 hr) Team Fortress 2 (41 min)
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Video Game-Inspired Music
For people of my generation (and the younger ones of the previous one) video games are cultural phenomenon no less important to the way our brains work than books, music, or movies. So it’s no surprise that our music, which has been inspired by books and movies in the past is now being inspired by…
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Last.fm Listening Habits 2011 Q3
For this Quarter I continued listening to my music in order as I attempted to go through my entire catalog so that Amarok could auto-rate the songs I liked and I could switch to a dynamic, random playlist. I actually finished going through all my music A-Z (and Japanese characters) – except for songs that…
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Finishing up First Playthrough of Mass Effect 1
Sorry I took so long to get to this. My last post had me finding out that the Reapers were actually the most ancient species I’ve heard about until now. And after my face off with Saren on Virmire, I thought I’d have to chase him to Ilos to finish the game. But, nope,…
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August Video Games
For those who are new readers, I’m keeping track of the games I’m playing monthly (via Raptr) and then writing a little blurb on the games. This is in prep for my year-end blog post. Team Fortress 2 (4 hrs) – I continue to really enjoy this game. I think of all of non-story-based games…
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First Playthrough of Mass Effect (Part 3)
Last time I blogged about Mass Effect, I had just finished up with a planet where a plant was controlling everyone. After that I did my first real tour of my ship to go talk to all the people who had joined my crew. I got to sneak up on Ash talking to her sister…