SHODAN LIVES

about: gaming, television, movies, books, and other associated web findings.

my presence: my photos on flickr, my videos on vimeo, me on last.fm, me on twitter, random

frequented: kottke, level up, fullbright, gamers with jobs, multiplayer, edge, brainy gamer, dubious quality, gamesetwatch, bldgblog, paleo-future, fidgit, jeff green, hit self-destruct, rock paper shotgun, double fine, mefi, sexy videogameland, tigsource

podcasts: gfw, 1up yours, 1up show, slashfilmcast, totally rad show, gwj conference call, mbw

tumblogs: ego trip, ckck, rules for my unborn son, sore thumbs, all things pixar, you will be assimilated, high score, page 110, gtmcknight

playing:
Rock Band

MGS4

Deus Ex

reading:
Black Hawk Down

Watchmen

watching:
Mad Men: Season 1

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 1

Tue Oct 7

The Decemberists, Mariner’s Revenge Song. Encore from April 8th, 2007 at Hard Rock Live, Orlando.

I was here, too. It was Colette’s birthday!

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Explosions in the Sky, November 10th, 2007. At Club Firestone in Orlando.

I was at this show and somebody made a compilation video.

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Fri Oct 3
List of "largest" articles on Wikipedia
Weird, wild stuff.
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Thu Oct 2
Is Braid Pretentious?
N’Gai defends Braid’s “artful” presentation.
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243.There is no need to tell anyone you are leaving the bar.

(via):

It’s called an Irish Goodbye. And it comes in handy.
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Nintendo announces the DSi. No more GBA slot, 3.25” screen, two cameras (3-megapixel and 0.3-megapixel), photo editing with touch screen, improved speakers, SD card slot, and the DSi Shop — for downloadable games. Most of the features are sort of cosmetic, obvious improvements to the hardware. A camera is clutch, especially for kids who may enjoy taking Photobooth-esque crazy pics. Downloadable games are the key announcement here. If I could make $5-$10 impulse purchases via WiFi on a handheld, I’d be poor. (link)

Nintendo announces the DSi.

No more GBA slot, 3.25” screen, two cameras (3-megapixel and 0.3-megapixel), photo editing with touch screen, improved speakers, SD card slot, and the DSi Shop — for downloadable games.

Most of the features are sort of cosmetic, obvious improvements to the hardware. A camera is clutch, especially for kids who may enjoy taking Photobooth-esque crazy pics. Downloadable games are the key announcement here. If I could make $5-$10 impulse purchases via WiFi on a handheld, I’d be poor.

(link)

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Sat Sep 27
The Mansion: A Subprime Parable

Michael Lewis rents a mansion in New Orleans, and during his stay, gets a life lesson on being a member of the American middle-class.

(via)

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Fri Sep 26

The amazing, indietastic Mount & Blade.

It’s finally showing up on store shelves soon, but you can always go ahead and buy the current (unfinished) release at a discount online. I plan on buying it and getting my medieval combat lord-ery on.

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A Slave To Two Masters

Joystick Division interviews a man who has done more harm than good to the games journalism industry.

Technically, gaming news and review site GameCyte.com isn’t owned by TriplePoint PR – “the leading international agency serving the interactive entertainment industry” – despite many sources’ allegations.

But it turns out the truth isn’t any better.

Ace detective work by one Gary Hodges.

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Tue Sep 23
Good Old Games

I received my beta key for CDProjekt’s Good Old Games store this morning.

At first glance I see: Fallout, Descent 1 + 2, and Jagged Alliance 2. Each $5.99. After buying a game, you have access to download the manual, hi-res wallpapers, and even the soundtracks. All DRM-free.

Crack the digital distribution door open just a little more…

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Burnout Paradise on PSN this week
Criterion is releasing the full version of Burnout Paradise for download on the Playstation Store this week. Will this nudge the door to digital distribution just a little bit more?
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Mon Sep 22
Witcher Dev Frightens Publishers with DRM-free GOG

CDProjekt’s Good Old Games service is all set to prove a point about DRM.

Granted, proving DRM is pointless by releasing old games without it doesn’t do a lot of good from the publisher’s perspective. It only shows that consumers will approve of your methods and back your service with a lot more umph.

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Gary Vaynerchuk is very inspiring.
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Cities XL preview. This looks like one of the more interesting games on my horizon as of late. It’s like an MMO-ified Sim City. You can browse other user’s cities, participate in a game-wide economy, and layout cityscapes on a completely dynamic, grid-free landmass. The developer, MonteCristo, plans to dole out new content (such as building types, bridges, in-game challenges) over time to keep the community active. Sounds like the closest thing to an urban planning simulator since Sim City 2000. And as a side note, Sim City Creator for Wii comes out this week.

Cities XL preview.

This looks like one of the more interesting games on my horizon as of late. It’s like an MMO-ified Sim City. You can browse other user’s cities, participate in a game-wide economy, and layout cityscapes on a completely dynamic, grid-free landmass. The developer, MonteCristo, plans to dole out new content (such as building types, bridges, in-game challenges) over time to keep the community active. Sounds like the closest thing to an urban planning simulator since Sim City 2000.

And as a side note, Sim City Creator for Wii comes out this week.

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Fri Sep 19
The future should have been incredible.
The future should have been incredible.
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