Gaming Memories: How Did We Know?

A few months ago, Tyler from the Über Geek Blog raised a good question on Twitter: How did we used to get our games? These days, we are lucky. We have Amazon when we are too lazy to leave our house. We have Gamestop begging us to put money down on hot, new, unreleased games when we go in to pick something up on day of release. Thanks to the Internet, we know when games have been delayed, when they have gone gold, when they have shipped, and which stores will be having midnight openings with the best stuff. It wasn't always like that, though.

Now, before I go any farther, I don't want you to think that I'm going all "Get off my lawn! Why, back in my day, we had to walk to Children's Palace in 3 feet of snow, uphill all the way, to get a copy of 'Super Mario Brothers 2'!" Nope, instead I'm going to take some time, and do some reminiscing about how it used to be. I'm not saying that it used to be good, I'm not saying it used to be bad, but it's how I remember it. So, let's make sure the flux capacitor is fluxxing, and set the time circuits back to the early 1980's...

Tuesday Tidbits: June 18, 2013

Good day, my friends! I trust we all have survived the beginning of the week, that dreaded scourge of life that we call "Monday"? I certainly hope so, because I don't see shambling zombie hoards having even the slightest interest in this, or any, blog. So, push aside your craving for brains, and let's see what Indiana has to offer this week, shall we?

Movie Monday: The Last Lovecraft

This week's selection

I am going to be the first to admit that I know very little about the Cthulhu & Elder God mythos past what I see in pop culture. However, being a well-rounded geek, and knowing a bit about role playing games, I am familiar with the name, Miskatonic University, H.P. Lovecraft, and all that jazz, but I do not have the level of knowledge about it that I do with Star Trek, Star Wars, or some of the other stuff that I'm into. With this in mind, I was slightly put off when this film was recommended to me by Netflix after I watched "Unicorn City" for last week's blog post. However, since I do always quest to be a well-rounded geek, and I don't close my mind off to anything, I put it in my queue to check out. You know what? I'm actually rather glad that I did.

Board Game: Last Night on Earth

Writer's Note: This blog post was originally published on July 6th, 2012 on my old personal blog, "Insert Witty Title Here." I am reprinting it here, with permission from myself, due to what is going to be a VERY long week at work, with no ability to write. Regular blog posts will resume next week with "Movie Monday."

Con Geek History, Part Two

Writer's Note: This blog post was originally published on March 25th, 2012 on my old personal blog, "Insert Witty Title Here." This was written as I attended the first Lexington Comic & Toy Convention, and was my first experiment in scheduling posts on Blogger. I am reprinting it here, with permission from myself, due to what is going to be a VERY long week at work, with no ability to write. Regular blog posts will resume next week with "Movie Monday."