Video game news: the May NPD numbers (and why I’m going to be in the doghouse)
I’m SUPPOSED to be taking a few days off. And I haven’t taken many so far this year. But how can I maintain this blog and ignore new NPD numbers? Sigh, OK, I’m going to post some key stats and then...
View ArticleEA’s “Spore” report
After a bunch of days off, I got back Tuesday and was buried by catch-up obligations. Time now to get the blog rolling again — no run of empty days is on the horizon — and this “just in” press release...
View ArticleEA’s “Spore”— there goes my life?
[photopress:500001241972_1.jpg,thumb,pp_image] This photo shows my first result — achieved fairly quickly, without utilizing everything available — of making something with the Spore Creature Creator...
View ArticleThank you Eidos — tonight I’m playing “Wacky Races: Crash & Dash” for the Wii
I was jolted out of the fog of multitasking this morning when I opened my mail and found a new “Wacky Races” game from Eidos Interactive — one version for the Wii, another for the DS. Wasn’t on my...
View ArticleIf you want to enhance your pop-culture credentials . . .
you’re going to have to watch both parts, right? Brooklyn lounge singer partners with Wudang monk! Here’s the heart of the press release from Spike TV: DAVID CARRADINE AND DARYL HANNAH REUNITE IN...
View Article“Wacky Races” (whoops!), “Secret Agent Clank,”“GRID” and your advice
Well, I made the classic mistake of bubbling with anticipation yesterday — BEFORE HAVING PLAYED AT ALL — over “Wacky Races: Crash & Dash,” from Eidos Interactive for the Wii. Love the “Wacky Races”...
View ArticleWill Wright appearance tomorrow in San Francisco
Just in, via press release, from Electronic Arts (“legendary” seems correct to me when talking about Will Wright — he’s a very nice guy — and if you’re in the vicinity, I think you’ll enjoy this): ———-...
View ArticlePSP UMD cases? Suggestions?
Here’s something I’ve never found (so I’ll turn it into a group issue): A designated case for PSP discs that holds more than 10 discs. I’ve found a variety of cases that hold 3, 4 and 8 or 10 (I think...
View ArticleR.I.P. George Carlin
There’s going to be a generation of kids who remember George Carlin from “Thomas the Tank Engine.” And on the day after his death, that thought seems particularly sweet and even appropriate. Other...
View ArticleThe ‘Nooch on Gaming’ blog has moved
The new URL: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/nooch/ There are threads living here — including comments that are coming in on my George Carlin post — that will be honored at the new URL as well. But for...
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