Monthly Archives: November 2009

Make Clear Your Expectations

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Phileosophos

I’ve been playing the Xbox version of Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 thanks to GameFly, and I have to say something to the multiplayer community: make clear your expectations! I’ve been jumping from game to game tonight, getting kicked, getting cursed … Continue reading →

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Hard to Find Good Help

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Phileosophos

I took my family to Chick-fil-A last night for dinner and became caught up in a symphony of errors. We told the young man who waited on us that my son would have a four-piece chicken nugget kid’s meal with … Continue reading →

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Sometimes the Platform Makes the Game

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Phileosophos

Sometimes a game is night and day different from one platform to the other, and I’m happy to say that the original Assassin’s Creed (AC) is just such a game.

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Nobody Likes Borderlands

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Phileosophos

I don’t really get that, because I think it’s fun. But some friends and I got together to buy a four-pack from Steam, and I don’t think we’ve hooked up more than twice. Every night I get to game, which … Continue reading →

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When Titles Die

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Phileosophos

I can still remember when the community for the original Team Fortress started to move on to other things. I was still very active with Unreal Tournament when The Proving Grounds folded up shop and the community started to migrate. … Continue reading →

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Layers Versus Reusability

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Phileosophos

I bash Microsoft a lot for stupid coding practices, but I think they often deserve it. Take a quick look at the recent article at Ars Technica on “MinWin” for a good example. I quote: Another problem was the tendency … Continue reading →

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Joo WAH Kay JUH?

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Phileosophos

I ordered breakfast at McDonald’s this morning, and to their credit the fellow who took my order and money spoke fine English. But when I pulled up to the second window, the lady with my meal looked at me and … Continue reading →

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A Strange Xbox Experience

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Phileosophos

Last night was an outlier, and the most striking thing about the problems wasn’t the problems themselves but rather that I was having them at all.

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Quashing Steam’s Self Destructive Urges

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Phileosophos

What a bizarre problem I’ve been fighting for the last few weeks. The short version of the story is that Steam would no longer launch URLs clicked from within its client. I’ll spare you the long and gory details in … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Better

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Phileosophos

After almost a month of grabbing two to three hours a sleep a night (at most), I finally hit upon a combination of factors that are helping. I thought I’d post it here in the event that it might help … Continue reading →

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