Blog – Page 24 – Oddball Update

On The Cusp: Retiring From PC Gaming?

September 26, 2005October 2, 2011 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

I haven’t played a game on my PC in quite a while. The last thing I played was the F.E.A.R. demo. I’d really like to get the full version when it arrives next month, but the truth is, that kind of stuff doesn’t feel like a priority anymore.

This Is Why I Suck at RPGs

September 19, 2005October 2, 2011 Chief Oddball 4 Comments

All right, let me explain why I have never been, am not, and probably never will be good at role-playing games. Because I ALWAYS CHOOSE THE WRONG DAMN OPTION. Yesterday afternoon, for old times’ sake, I decided to break out Final Fantasy VII.

So, Why Choose the GTO?

September 9, 2005October 26, 2011 Chief Oddball

GTO with Sport Appearance Package I don’t post anything on this site for nearly two months, then I show up out of nowhere and proclaim that I’ve ordered a Pontiac GTO as my next new car. So what happened? A few months ago, I was proclaiming proudly that the GTO sucked and I was gonna be getting my hands on a new Shelby GT-500.

Cassette Digitizing At Last

September 8, 2005October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball 5 Comments

Well, it’s only 2005, but I’m finally getting around to digitizing at least some of my vast library of audio tapes. Or, as Pastor John C. Mills would say, “tape cassettes.” (Is that guy still alive?) I’ve done this before, usually small pieces at at time, with mixed results.

Redefining “Commercial” Radio

June 18, 2005October 2, 2011 Chief Oddball

When I say “redefining commercial radio,” I really mean “putting the commercial in commercial radio.” I mention this because our local AM news/talk channel received my coveted Strangulation-Inducing Advertisement Overload Award this morning. I simply cannot believe how many commericals there are on that station—but what’s far worse than the mind-boggling frequency with which advertising breaks are taken is the fact that they only have about five ads that they run OVER and OVER and OVER.

Wolfy Anytime

April 4, 2005October 2, 2011 Chief Oddball

Something strange happened to me while I was working on a client’s website this weekend. Since music distracts me from such tasks, I typically play some of my old tapes or other spoken-word stuff in the background. This time I happened to select an old recording of Wolfenstein 3-D gameplay, and I have to admit, this got me seriously thinking about doing some more Wolf3D level design.

Attack of the Miscellany

April 2, 2005October 26, 2011 Chief Oddball

It’s unwarranted! It’s irrelevant! It’s miscellaneous! That’s this Oddball entry, 1960s movie poster style. Sometimes I have used Classic Oddball as a vehicle for notes to myself, or as a means to set “life waypoints” that I can use later to glean a timeframe around which certain things happened to me.

1998 F-Body Unique Identifiers

March 31, 2005October 2, 2011 Chief Oddball

This is kind of interesting. Yesterday I discovered a detailed list of all the differences between the F-body models from 1998-2002 (year-to-year changes, upgrades, etc.). Despite being the oldest year of the F-body’s final revision, 1998 looks to have several interesting advantages.

Awesome 1:18 Scale KITT!

March 4, 2005October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball

Many thanks to Reaper who got me the bloody awesome 1:18 scale diecast KITT replica for my birthday! It just arrived today, so naturally I unpacked it and set it up on my shelf next to my computer, where all of my favorite die-casts go (including the 1973 “Eleanor” Mustang).

Saturday Night’s All Right…

February 6, 2005September 14, 2012 Chief Oddball

…For sitting around totally wasting time! No, not for fighting. What? You were expecting me to say “fighting?” My, aren’t you strange. A little while ago, Apple bought me an early Valentine’s Day / birthday present: the latest album from J-pop group Round Table, featuring the vocal talents of Nino.