So, I guess I complained too quickly. I sent this follow-up message to Steam just before posting my blog post earlier today: Steam won’t offer a refund even when the software in question doesn’t work properly? I’m sorry, but that isn’t how it works “with most software products.” You can usually obtain a refund if […]
Steam doesn’t offer a refund even if the software doesn’t work?
Update: apparently, they do! Read here for an update to this story. I finally purchased Puzzle Quest a little while back on the recommendation of pretty much everyone on the internet, including a couple of friends and at least one co-worker. I figured rather than pick it up on the Wii, I would instead get […]
“We all agreed that we really don’t know what will happen in the future”
I live in a small town in the middle of Iowa. Part of being in a small town means you have a little book club consisting entirely of little old ladies that get together once a month to talk about whatever it is little old ladies read and discuss. I don’t know what possessed the […]
Could Des Moines be a web 2.0 hotbed?
A while back, Jesse Stay (FriendFeed | blog) asked a question on Twitter (which I, of course, responded to on FriendFeed, as did many others). It was a simple question: Just curious, if you had one city in the U.S to live, based on affordability and web 2.0 networking potential, where would you live? I […]
Igarashi and Capcom show a horrendous lack of (Castlevania) Judgment
Let’s just get this out of the way right now: Castlevania Judgment is going to be a tremendous failure. I can say that, under the premise of it being nothing more than my opinion, but it is fact. Or will be, once the game is on shelves. Maybe the game itself will be a miraculous […]
Tor.com launches! Scifi geeks gain a(nother) home
As if there weren’t already enough places for geeks to hang out online, another challenger approaches! Popular science fiction publisher Tor has re-launched their website as a mini scifi geek social network, and I have to admit, it has an excellent set of initial features and offerings. First things first: here’s my profile. It will […]
Getting back on track
I know this blog hasn’t exactly been a “flood” of “nerd” the past few days, and I apologize to regular readers for the lack of content. I’ve spent the past few days buried at work, sans-internet at home, and acting as temporary single dad to my two boys while the wife visited her mother. It’s […]
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog: Act I is why God invented the internet
Enjoy, not that I actually have to tell you that.
Rainwave: streaming video game music has just gotten better
I missed giving Rainwave some much-needed attention in the past couple of months, which is an especially grievous crime given the fact that so much has happened to the service recently. What is Rainwave? It’s a service that streams music via an ogg vorbis stream from seven generations’ worth of excellent video games. Not only […]
Nintendo failed miserably today (but they will still make tons of money)
Nintendo’s E3 press conference was this morning. My co-worker and I got the opportunity to watch it over our lunch break. And let me tell you, I want that hour back. Here’s a list of what they announced (plus my quick thoughts on each in bold). New Animal Crossing for the Wii. No. We Speak […]