This Lara is different than the walking-tall, nigh-indestructible badass personified by Angelina Jolie in her film portrayals of the character. The new Lara Croft bleeds. She screams. She cries. She shakes and shivers. She limps about, clutching her wounds and recoils from physical efforts too taxing for her damaged frame to tolerate. She is far more real. Continue →
I live for small details, the finishing touches we put on things after everything else is just so. Like the cherry on the top of a masterfully-engineered ice cream sundae, our new Dodge Charger needed an equally polished -- and equally red -- finishing touch. I found just the thing... Continue →
In our final three rounds, the Muuat get sneaky, the Jol-Nar strategy is unleashed, and the Naalu get annoyed and start torpedoing the hell out of everything. Bring a bucket of popcorn and watch as galactic chaos ensues. Continue →
Political panic! Crazy cruiser mania! Nebula sightseeing tours! It's all present and accounted for as we chronicle rounds 4 and 5 of my first game of Twilight Imperium. Will there be epic war? Crushing defeat? Or just a cushy victory party for someone's council elders? Continue →
Round Two Galactic expansion continued today for myself and my two compatriots-turned-opponents in our game of Twilight Imperium. With the first round now behind us and the mechanics of the game fairly well understood, we plunged into round two with a mix of reckless abandon and curious trepidation. Continue →
Today I embarked on an epic journey: I began playing my first game of Twilight Imperium: Third Edition. This is perhaps the most epic of all epic board games, a stunning maelstrom of components, cards, rules and objectives that requires an inordinate amount of processing power to wrap your head around. Continue →
From the day I first saw it with my dad, I’ve loved the film Aliens. And from the day it was first announced some 7 years ago, I’ve wanted to play Aliens: Colonial Marines, the video game “sequel” to that film. Continue →
For the three days preceding January 30th, I didn't get to sleep until 2 a.m. and was barely able to concentrate on anything except Car Matters. So when that day finally dawned and I got up ready to spend the entire day car shopping, I was bound and determined to get a right proper deal for the perfect car. All I had to do was select that car. In the end, that car was Charger Three. Continue →
Today I completed what has to have been the easiest vehicle sale I have ever undergone. Okay, okay: let me temper that by admitting that it’s only the second car that I’ve ever sold on the private market. But you could hardly ask for a more ideal situation: a buyer who dropped virtually into my lap, paid close to my asking price and was great to work with throughout the entire transaction. Continue →
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Ooooh guess what guess what? This week Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One, hardware successor to the Xbox 360 game console. It’s been a long seven and a half years since the 360 landed in stores, and it’s probably been the game console that I’ve gotten the most enjoyment out of (my SNES comes in at a close second). Continue →