Musings of a technophile

A little boy wanted $100.00 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened.

Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100.00.

When the postal authorities received the letter to God, USA, they decided to send it to the President.

The president was so amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $5.00 bill. The president thought this would appear… Continue reading

I’ve only been playing Nerubian Assassin for like a month now, but I can already tell you he’s my favorite hero in DotA. It’s easy to see why – he has huge early game damage + stuns, the ability to go invisible and yet if someone gets a gem or wards it’s not likely to destroy your ability to play, and the ability to drain mana AND make it hurt… Continue reading

I recently played this game from EA that was called “Mirror’s Edge” which, like Portal did last year, brings a different type of game play to light. The game is actually based on Parkour, which is basically a way to move from one place to another using more efficient means, instead of the normal path. For example – let’s say you need to get down two flight of stairs, that… Continue reading

Mr. Higgins (or as the boys call him, “Papa” ) came up to visit us this last weekend. He flew up in his airplane on Saturday morning, stayed the day, and then flew back Sunday morning. He actually did it as he was practicing for his Instrument exam for his plane – an exam that will allow him to fly through clouds as it would show that he is able… Continue reading

Last night I posted about the major patch on UT III that was in the works. Today I found the details of that patch and I thought I would post it here. It really is astonishing how many changes are in store for this game. I really hope this patch will bring life back into the UT series.

One thing I do wonder though, is that with all… Continue reading

Unreal Tournament is a very special game to me, as it probably is the game I have played more than any other. I started playing it back in late 2000, and I played it pretty much every night for hours every night for about 6-7 years (I switched to UT 2004 in late 2003 though). Even now I still start a game up every now and then just to remember… Continue reading

So apparently in Austin Texas last week there were some hackers who took one of those construction signs and hacked it, then changed the text to what they wanted. The result? The sign was changed to say

“ZOMBIES IN AREA! RUN”
“NAZI ZOMBIES! RUN!!!”
“THE END IS NEAR!!!!!!!!!”
“CAUTION! ZOMBIES! AHEAD!!!”
“RUN FOR COLD CLIMATES”

Two sides to this, you can either find this hilarious, or find it… Continue reading