Posts Tagged as ‘gaming’

November 26, 2008

15 two, 15 four, and there ain’t no more

Saturday before the Roller Girls matchat Roy Wilkins, I played cribbage with Change Angent and company.  And I am sad to report, for the second time I was dethroned of my 6th grade Cribbage Champion status.  Yes, second time.  I am just now admitting that I was beat the first time.  The first time took place in a break [...]

October 15, 2008

This game called the election

Rachel Maddow just told me

that Barack Obama

is using video games as a campaign tool.  Brilliant!  

How many times do I have to tell you that video games are relevant to so many different types of people that to neglect the gaming community is not the greatest move?   More  and More

July 31, 2008

Gaming, even in the collection

Some people celebrate their final class of a degree by having a party or going out to dinner or to the bar.  I celebrated my final class by watching The King of Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters.

Even if you are not really all that into video games, this is a really great film about hardcore gaming, a [...]

July 22, 2008

GH3 open game night, for real

Dude!  The suburban library near I94 totally held a teen gaming event and it was a-w-e-s-o-m-e!  We had an open gaming event with Guitar Hero III(GH3);  seventeen teens participated between the ages of 13-18.  The teens were at various levels between easy and expert(GH3 has four levels: easy, medium, hard, and expert).  Before tonight I had never [...]