Yuletide in the Elbeno household has been quite low-key this year: just a chance to relax and enjoy the tree lights and decorations. Presents were less of a mountain and more of a molehill – we're lucky enough not to want for anything, and we didn't have the time or inclination to be excessively commercialised… Continue reading Having a cool Yule
Month: December 2005
The great Everquest giveaway
Back in the day, I used to play Everquest. Recently SoE sent me an email saying they reactivated my account for 30 days. No doubt a ploy to get people playing again. Anyway I decided to reinstall so that I could give away all my stuff languishing on my characters. 2.5k platinum donation for a… Continue reading The great Everquest giveaway
It's Christmas again…
…and you know what that means: another edition of the world's hardest quiz. Good luck!
By the way
Happy solstice to all. My calendar says it's the first day of Winter, but I'm not fooled by that.
the old boys' network
LiveJournal – with the addition of the “schools” thing it's turning into a bit of friendsreunited.com. I've added two friends: and based on the fact that we all went to the same secondary school. I wonder who they are? Odds are I knew once upon a time, since he was actually in my year.
Go Totakeke!
‘“Those industry fat cats try to put a price on my music, but it wants to be free,” the canine bard says in a dialogue bubble at the bottom of the screen, after performing and giving away “copies” of a tune.’ Just another reason we love the Animal Crossing series… teaching kids that sharing is… Continue reading Go Totakeke!
Katamari shirts
Namco have some new Katamari shirts. I don’t think much of them, actually, except the balloon one. But I am tempted by the “Panic Designs” further down the page.
Working Designs R.I.P.
They brought us the best of Japanese RPGs, and they did it with a passion for quality that is rare. Alundra, Lunar, Growlanser Generations, Arc the Lad, even the brutally tough Thunder Force V: Perfect System: all great titles we wouldn’t have seen otherwise. And they were one of the few software houses that cared… Continue reading Working Designs R.I.P.
The Spike Video Game Awards
What a pile of tripe. Thank goodness I had it taped and the remote control handy – I managed to watch the two hour show in under an hour. It was even worse this year than last year. At least David Jaffe managed to inject a note of normality: God of War was probably the… Continue reading The Spike Video Game Awards
UK vs USA
Who Love Freedom More? writes Michael Kinsley in the Washington Post. The US has a constitution to limit the power of government and protect the individual. The UK has no written constitution and a system of government where on the face of it, the individual is at the mercy of the sovereign state. Despite (or… Continue reading UK vs USA