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Catching Up, Settling Down

March 22, 2011March 22, 2011 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

So we’ve been in our new home for almost a month now, and I think neither Apple nor myself could possibly be any happier. We really lucked out with this place, that’s for certain. When I think back to all of the dozens of homes that we toured over the last few months, and how none of them had the critical-mass amalgamation of features and perks that this one does…well, it’s clear we made the right choice.

Oddball Review: Blade Kitten

October 15, 2010October 9, 2012 Chief Oddball 5 Comments

Lately, it’s seemed like the name of this blog — and my nickname “Chief Oddball”, even — has become almost a misnomer. For what, exactly, is so odd about most of the stuff I post these days? Just this evening, my wife was saying that I don’t write anywhere near as many rants, tirades or random goofiness about my life as I used to a few years ago.

Reaching

September 7, 2010September 21, 2011 Chief Oddball

I started this day thinking that maybe I’d go to ~~Gameslop~~ Gamestop and pre-order the Halo: Reach Limited Edition. Then I started thinking that maybe I should throw down a ton of money and get the Halo: Reach limited edition console.

Always Bet On Duke.

September 4, 2010July 27, 2012 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

The unthinkable has finally happened. Duke Nukem Forever, 13 years in the making, butt-end of every “vaporware” joke on the Internet for at least the last eight of those 13, is really on its way. It was revealed, resurrected from the ashes of 3D Realms’ demise, this past Friday at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle.

Oddball Review: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

August 23, 2010September 28, 2011 Chief Oddball

When I first heard about Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, the new Xbox Live Arcade title from Crystal Dynamics, I didn’t think it was going to be that good. Although my enjoyment of the Tomb Raider franchise is well documented — with one exception — this isn’t technically a Tomb Raider game.

Making Progress, Waiting For Resolution

August 17, 2010August 17, 2010 Chief Oddball 6 Comments

A lot of stuff has been happening lately. Progress being made. We think. If this were Facebook, I’d have stopped right there and felt right at home with the millions of other vacuous posts that contain so little detail as to be utterly worthless to anyone but their author.

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.

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.

Pictorial: The Xbox 360 Hard Drive Transfer Kit

March 24, 2010September 29, 2011 Chief Oddball

Since there seems to be a dearth of conclusive information (and a lot of repetitive questions) about the Xbox 360 Hard Drive Transfer Kit, I thought I’d document the process of using mine in case anybody is wondering how the thing works.

If You’re Gonna Buy an Xbox, Buy an Xbox

March 22, 2010September 21, 2011 Chief Oddball

So after my 2006-era Xbox 360 suffered terminal RRoD on Friday night — you may have read about it — I decided to pool together my remaining Gamestop store credit and some cash from a recent side job in order to replace it.

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