No, the title of the post signifies absolutely nothing, except the fact that I feel capricious. (Of course, it also seriously reduces the quality of the archive search feature going forward, but who gives a turkey.) I’ve got about half an hour before a couple of friends get here (bearing an Xbox 360 [...]

I’m excited to announce that Apple received her United States passport this week. She had applied for it right after being awarded her citizenship in June, so we were a little surprised that it only took two months to get here — considering the huge backlog at the U.S. passport agency right now.
I was [...]

BioShock has finally arrived! The Limited Edition packaging (pictured) is huge, and the Big Daddy figurine is quite heavy — overall it’s a pretty solid package for only $10 extra. The number of copies of the Limited Edition (for the Xbox 360, at least) was scaled way back due to cost, so if [...]

All of our hard work paid off — today our insurance company gave us a $1,117 credit off our homeowner’s policy after we submitted documentation proving that we have adequate hurricane protection. Since that credit is almost half the cost of the whole annual premium, you can believe that Apple and I are pretty [...]

Fascinating. Just as BioShock is ready to drop, now this: PC Gamer UK has apparently confirmed rumors that System Shock 3 is in development by Electronic Arts’ Redwood Shores studio, makers of the mediocre PC game The Godfather. Since EA owns the System Shock 3 intellectual property, and Irrational Games (the creators of [...]

Patti Davis, special commentator to Newsweek magazine, has a darkly humorous rant available on MSNBC today about the TSA’s latest invention to combat terrorists in airports: “Behavior Detection Officers.” These specially-trained security guards’ sole duty will be to scrutinize the facial expressions of airport patrons, looking for tiny outward signs that passengers may be [...]

Crap. My 360 died.
As I posted not long ago, a playable demo for BioShock was released just yesterday, but was downloading with maddening slowness. I left the console on all night in “low power” mode, where essentially all it does is maintain background downloads. Unfortunately, when I got up in the morning [...]

It was a…different kind of weekend.
A decidedly better kind, really.
I’m pretty much a homebody. I like my computers, my gadgets, my video games, my books, my stories, my quiet time. Apple is beholden to a similar fate — part of the reason we hit it off easily. But lately we’ve both been [...]

First off, a playable demo of BioShock has just been released to the Xbox Live Marketplace — so if you can get your console online, grab it and see if the game lives up to its roots. It weighs in at 1.3 GB, and I suspect a lot of people are trying to download [...]

BioShock, the long-awaited “spiritual successor” to what is perhaps my favorite PC game of all time, System Shock 2, is due to hit the street in just two more weeks. Today, I’m here to tease you with snippets from two reviews set to debut in next month’s trade publications:

Amazingly written and beautifully constructed, it’s [...]