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Gaming Addendum

adam — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:02:46 +0000

Bekki not-so-subtly reminded me that I missed a game in yesterday’s post.

We’ve been playing LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 on the Wii, we’re up to year 4. There’s been a smattering of New Super Mario Bros Wii in there as well, but Bekki claims her platforming skills aren’t up to snuff, so it’s been mostly Harry Potter. (=

August Gaming Roundup

adam — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:17:18 +0000

A non-toddler related post for a change. (=

Carnage Blender — This is a free web-based, non-graphical strategy PvP fighting RPGish sort of game. Not a MUD or a MOO for you old schoolers, basically just the fighting and character management (items, training) aspects of RPGs without the questing etc. I played the previous incarnation of it for a while back in 2003 and recently stumbled across it again. Let me know if you join, as there’s a pretty steep learning curve. Not for everyone, but it’s fun if you get into it. It’s got a great community around it, albiet considerably smaller than it was back in the day (primarily due to the lack of pretty graphics and aforementioned learning curve). And, blasphemy of blasphemies, the chat and forums there are PG-only, so there is far less retardedness than your typical online game.

Borderlands — Grabbed this a while ago on super sale on Steam and have been enjoying it thoroughly. It’s basically Diablo in FPS form. On Playthrough 2 with my level 48 hunter currently. Next up will probably be Fallout 3 if I can catch it on sale again; I spaced and missed it a couple weeks ago.

Puzzle Quest 2 — Recently picked this up for the DS (it’s out on Steam now too), rivals the original for the best of this genre of game. The integration of different puzzle types is much better in this one, but it’s missing a few things that were nice in the first one too. It blows Galactrix out of the water, but that wasn’t too hard to do.

Everyday Genius: SqaureLogic — Another Steam purchase, a fun little logic game, sudoku-esque but with a lot of variety as well. Not cheap at $15 but the demo hooked me and I’ve definitely gotten my money’s worth out of it.

Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes — I started this a while back but Puzzle Quest 2 has taken over the DS as of late. An interesting twist on the match-3 puzzle RPG genre. A little tedious at times but overall pretty fun. One of these days I’ll finish it; I’m right near the end.

Sunday Playdate Photos

adam — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:44:53 +0000

35 new photos have been posted, primarily of today’s playdate at Nora’s with Kate and Sammy, along with Bekki’s Harry Potter themed cupcakes.

Photo Catchup

adam — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:05:39 +0000

We’ve been neglecting you all, so we’ve posted 28 new photos from March-June. Included are parks, Sharks PJs, a buckethead and Will’s road rash.

Video Catchup

adam — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:57:02 +0000

Bekki posted two videos that didn’t end up here, so here they are if you missed them.

Pre-Bed Energy Burn – June 12 2010

Disney World Wrap Up – April 2010

Lies, Damned Lies and 18 Month Checkups

adam — Wed, 12 May 2010 09:10:07 +0000

Just the facts, ma’am:

William
Weight: 28lbs 6oz (75th percentile)
Length: 34″ (90th percentile)
Noggin: 50cm (95th percentile)

Andrew
Weight: 27lbs (50th percentile)
Length: 33 1/4″ (75-90th percentile)
Noggin: 48cm (75th percentile)

Combined drool amount: moderate to massive

Hey Andrew, What Did You Think of Tonight’s Sharks Game?

adam — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:33:31 +0000

It’s a Photo Deluge!

adam — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:45:31 +0000

Let’s keep the ball rolling here with some more shots I’ve posted recently that *gasp* don’t feature the boys, all found in my Flickr stream.

I FINALLY got around to processing some photos from the excellent Chase Jarvis Innerspace photo shoot from August 31st(!).

I also went on my first photostroll in a long time with the Seattle Flickr Meetup group to the Fishermen’s Terminal in Seattle and ended up shooting mostly macros.

Lastly, while going through the photos from Christmas, I came across a throwaway lighting test shot that my step brother Kane was gracious enough to stand in for while I tweaked my settings. This particular shot induced me to mess around with some high pass filtering, I like the way it came out. Obviously a lot more “processed” than the majority of my photos, but a cool change of pace.

Man, I should really be spacing these posts out more, I’m going to paint myself into a corner with post interval expectations…

Photos from the Park

adam — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:04:03 +0000

And now we’re caught up with the photos. (= We’ve had a beautiful week of sun, so clearly a trip to the park was in the cards. Here are 25 shots of the boys from Saturday.

Photo Backlog 2 — January

adam — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:44:30 +0000

Here are 25 photos from January 2010, mostly of the dreaded first haircut (which went exceedingly smoothly, primarily due to the tub of cars and toys they were given to occupy themselves with, along with the fun airplane chair).