Category Archives: dot games

Rest in Peace, Gary Gygax

Nerd alert — nerdy things follow. If not interested, stop now and skip to the next entry.
Gary Gygax brought us things like Gelatinous Cubes, Galeb Duhrs, and Gold Dragons. He brought us all manner of creatures you could imagine, and some you couldn’t dare imagine. He brought us ways [...]

Red Rings, part 4.5: Lazarus

I hooked it up last night. It sounded a bit noisier than I remembered. I believe that to be the hard drive, though, as I didn’t put a disk in last night. Also, I’ll attribute it to sitting next to the machine, as I was too lazy to go back to the [...]

Whereupon I whine about my life

It’s been a week since I last posted.  I know, I know, I was doing so well… this is the longest break I’ve had in 58 days.  I was doing so well.
It all started with a flu/bronchitis/generally-feel-bad bug that started going around, and a babysitting gig.  I had taken a 4-day weekend to get a [...]

Red Rings, part 3.5 - UPS

Quick note. This doesn’t really deserve a part 4…
The coffin went to the USP store Friday morning. I was sick most of the week, and couldn’t drop it off sooner.
The clerks in the store were pretty funny, though. They recognized it right off the bat as an XBox 360. That does [...]

Red Rings, Part 3: The Box

The box is better late than never.  “John” in New Delhi said it would take about 2 days.  The box came 8 days after placing the ticket, 6 days if you exclude Sundays.

The box was delivered UPS with a tracking number. 

The box includes:

An anti-static bag for the XBox;
Foam padding;
A sheet where you check [...]

Red Rings, part 2: Beginning the Return process

After mourning the loss of the XBox with my sister, I called the 1-800 number for support.  Initially, I got the awesome computer named “Max,” who instructed me to try all manner of things that I had already tried.  So I sat and kept saying “yes” and “no” as appropriate, mostly thinking on how fantastic [...]

mini musical multi-link for 12/7

It’s Pearl Harbor day.  Be sure to thank a WW2 vet, if you know one.
Los Lobos covered “I Wanna Be Like You” from the Disney flick The Jungle Book.  It’s awesome.
That whole blog is awesome, by the way… just about one post every day with a band that covers a Disney original song.
Awesome flash animation/song [...]