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Retro Gaming Anniversary: Star Wars: KOTOR

July 15, 2010October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball 3 Comments

Seven years ago today — July 15th, 2003 — Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was released for the original Xbox console. Now, I normally don’t go around spouting off release dates of games; I happened to run across this one a couple days ago only because I am once again playing this game.

Well, That Didn’t Quite Work Out

July 14, 2010September 21, 2011 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

Today’s prospective home buyers showed up 45 minutes early (while we were still here), flustered us thoroughly and then decided they hated the place, turned around and walked out within literally thirty seconds. Nice.

Let the Showings Resume

July 13, 2010July 13, 2010 Chief Oddball 3 Comments

After trying to chase her down for weeks, Apple and I finally cornered one of her former co-workers. Some time back, she learned that we were selling our home and expressed interest in taking a look at it, since she wanted to upgrade from her small condo that wasn’t even garage-equipped.

Oddball Review: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

July 9, 2010September 29, 2011 Chief Oddball

Oh boy. I may have taken this Tomb Raider thing a little too far. See, it was the first film being played at a friend’s house last weekend that made me decide to pick up Tomb Raider: Underworld (reviewed here) for my Xbox 360.

Oddball Review: Tomb Raider Underworld (Xbox 360)

July 7, 2010September 25, 2011 Chief Oddball 4 Comments

I haven’t done a review in a while. Sadly, since the rise of the HD era, all of my vintage video capture equipment is no longer sufficient for the purpose of grabbing screenshots of high-res video games and Blu-ray movies. Nevertheless, I’ve been spending far too much time consuming media and far too little actually producing anything of value, even a schlocky video game review on a blog that no one reads.

Stargazing (In The Metaphorical Sense)

June 25, 2010June 25, 2010 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

It was a fairly quiet week at work, though I don’t mean “quiet” as in “not busy.” With another product release out the door, plus a newsletter campaign and a variety of internal system upgrades, bug fixes and testing, there was plenty to do.

The iPhone 4 Signal Loss Paroxysm

June 24, 2010October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

For the last week or so, I’ve been following the news of Apple’s latest generation iPhone: the iPhone 4. Since AT&T made most of the owners of last year’s iPhone 3GS eligible for upgrade immediately, I decided to go ahead and get an iPhone 4, then sell my 3GS to make up the difference.

SHO-CO-REVIEW 16: Romances sans paroles

June 11, 2010October 9, 2011 Pooch

Released on July 15, 2009, Romances sans paroles~bande originale du film~ is the soundtrack album to the documentary film about Shoko Suzuki, entitled Mugonka~Romances sans paroles~. The album was released on Shoko’s own label, Bearforest Records (which is actually her second private record label; two previous releases — Love is a sweet harmony and Absolutely Alone in Kyoto Jittoku — were released on Shoko’s Angel Records label) and was preceded by a single, “I’ll Get What I Want (Chou Tsuyoko na Onna)” (which is the theme song for Mugonka).

Cruisin’, and Other Happenings

June 5, 2010June 5, 2010 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

Last weekend, Apple and I went on our first cruise. Thanks to my parents’ membership in the Disney Vacation Club, we were able to book a three-night cruise to the Bahamas that included Nassau and Castaway Cay, the latter of which is Disney’s own private island.

Hit the Weekend

May 22, 2010October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

Another glorious Saturday has arrived. Normally I spend much of my weekends playing games, although the past couple of weeks have been a little bit different. Since we decided to officially put our house on the market and see what happens, we’ve been making some changes throughout just to make sure everything is in top shape, in case a prospective buyer happens to come by.