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My Kingdom for a Wii

Posted on Thursday, November 30th, 2006, at 10:17 PM

So, I still don’t have a Wii. Which means it’s been a rough week and a half for me, watching a constant stream of Wii news and reviews roll in without being able to experience it for myself. I’ve got to get my hands on a Wii!

My condition is certainly not due to lack of trying. The night of the launch …

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The Countdown

Posted on Thursday, November 2nd, 2006, at 8:01 PM

Well, it had to happen eventually: I’m making a post about video games. While my time devoted to the practice of this under-appreciated hobby has waned since I was in school, my interest in the industry as a whole has inexplicably increased. And so it is with great anticipation that I will spend the next 17 days waiting for the Nintendo Wii.

I …

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2005 Roundup

Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2006, at 2:18 AM

Did you know that ‘roundup’ is not hyphenated? I didn’t, prior to this post. That means the herbicide’s name really is grammatically correct—something that seems to be rare among products and marketing slogans these days. But that’s not really the point of this post, so I’ll leave my linguistic ramblings for another time.

I’m a month late for an end-of-the-year post, ...

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