Yearly Archives: 2004

Despite a lot of mixed responses and only a few launch titles the Nintendo DS is looking like it’s gotten a good start selling over 500,000 units on it’s release. Supplies are apparently going to be limited. Article at gameindustrybiz.com I don’t have mine yet, but eventually I will. Though I can’t imagine really requiring [...]

I spent the last two days of this Thanksgiving holiday weekend playing console games with my (geek) friends, many of whom work in the game development industry. Some of what we played were old games, but most were selections from the fall release gauntlet that precedes every Christmas rush. For the sake of blogging and [...]

OK, so the election dictated all the events of last week and now the dust has begun to clear. This is the most convoluted and emotional election I’ve ever witnessed in my life so far, and it’s made me extremely critical of many things in our culture. Largely, politics aside there are definitely issues with [...]

I had a double-whammy yesterday when two software apps that I use had their updates show up in the mail. The first was Carrara Pro v4, a decent 3D app for the money, and the other was MOTU’s Digital Performer v4.5, which I use for my music and sound work. Both included newly updated manuals, [...]

Today Apple has released the long rumored photo-capable iPod. I still wonder about the demand for such a thing, and even if more gadgets making it easier to push loads of snapshots on viewers is a good idea. However, if I had one I’d dump my better photos on it and tote them around for [...]

I’ve just watched Morgan Spurlock’s Supersize Me! documentary. I found it to be an interesting film, very well done in some areas and it kept my interest even though much of what was covered I already knew or suspected. If you haven’t seen it, watch it and take it as you will. I’ve not eaten [...]