One day I was in the kitchen cleaning up dishes from the day while my then 4 year old child was taking a bath. I could hear splashing and laughing, so I knew he was fine. It then got strangely quiet. “Aidan, you doing ok in there?” I called. No answer. In my fatherly panic [...]

Video games are the very apex of a child’s life. At least these days. When I was young we didn’t have the same games they have now, but there had been some pretty big influences for me, even at a young age. 1) Super Mario Brothers The original, 8bit beast that flag-shipped the first Nintendo [...]

One beautiful Saturday morning I sat in the kitchen while my two boys played blissfully with cars and other toys. As I watched the thought “I should take this quiet moment and grab my laptop” crept into my mind. I realized suddenly, and sadly, how technologically cursed we’ve become. Rather than thinking, “This is a [...]

I’ve been playing this game of "I’m working on a graphic novel" for several month now – even going to the point of casting characters, doing a bit of 3D work and getting a few promotional head shots. However, I have yet to do anything that solidifies my project and makes me more committed. Yesterday [...]

My buddy Todd got me started in this game called ‘Fallen Sword’. It’s an MMORPG of sorts. It’s text based, no downloads required or anything and really easy to play. Heck, I played at lunch and leveled up to level 3 pretty easily. You get some pretty lame quests at first (kill rats for example) [...]

Call of Duty, the original, was my first real online multiplayer experience. Before then, I never played a game online. Well, I tried playing Quake online back in the day – but that was a failed attempt when my connection was 28.8 … which was horrific even at that time. The lag was terrible … [...]

Ok, so I went out and bought Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Saturday. It’s the newest installment in the COD franchise which has, up until this game, spanned various campaigns through the bloody World War 2. This one, however, takes place in modern times fighting a fictional war against terrorists in order to stop [...]