Blizzard released this cool 8 year anniversary video, which is sort of a walk down memory lane. Given that I’ve been writing up my giant endgame comparison post series, I thought it apropos…
To celebrate Thanksgiving, the Kindle version of The Darkening Dream is on sale for only 99 cents from Wednesday November 20 until Sunday the 25th! Take the plunge, it’s certainly a great deal…
The Hedonists pack up the wine, uncork, and rip into some extremely messy boiled crustacean…
A five course meal by Southwestern chef Chris Maher with wine pairings by myself. Life is good…
By the end of Lich King, nearly all the major mechanics that Blizzard introduced during the course of WOW evolution had come into play: Badges, the dungeon finder, dailies, reputation hubs, tier acceleration, split difficulties, split raid sizes, profession currencies, separate pvp/pve tracks, achievements, and more…
This was a busy week for Untimed swag. The proof came for the latest ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) and a run of swag bookmarks too…
The Hedonists strike again, this time overwhelming casual Egyptian cafe Dahab with 20+ of our number. Food and wine mayhem ensues…
In many ways, The Burning Crusade was my favorite endgame. Not only was it fun (and hard), but it was a time of heavy design experimentation where the Fel Reaver’s share of new gameplay ideas were introduced…
The Hedonists take on LA’s most exclusive beef restaurant for a spectacular evening of over-the-top food and wine…
Air New Zealand is using this very amusing (in a geeky way) Hobbit-themed safety video on its flights!
In many ways, Prometheus, harkens back to 60s and 70s Science Fiction (novels). Not only is it Ridley Scott’s vague take on a prequel to his own 1979 Alien, but it ambitiously tackles gigantic open ended questions…
In honor of that special night when the barriers between this world and the next grows thin, I made a list of some favorite creepy/scary books…
In this detailed post series, I discuss the evolution of the five World of Warcraft endgames from both a player and game design perspective. We start with Vanilla…
Restaurant: CR8 by Roberto Cortez [1, 2, 3, 4] Location: LA Date: October 24, 2012 Cuisine: Modern Art Rating: Absolutely Amazing When I received a last minute invite to the latest Roberto Cortez dinner, I immediately jumped on it. I won’t miss one of these unless I’m dying or…
This year I am taking part in the fangtabulous Coffin Hop Blog Extravaganza. Over a hundred masters of horror all sharing their work with the world…
The Foodie Club was inaugurated at Melisse, and as such, it holds a unique place in our fatty little hearts. This week the restaurant ran a special “guest chef” tasting menu with Michelin starred Christophe Dufau…
Sons of Anarchy could be loosely described as The Sopranos with bikers, but like anything, it’s execution dependent, and in this case the execution is awesome…
A good villain is neither black nor white. Take Pastor John Parris. Is he a villain or victim? Well… villain, but even the most evil come from somewhere. In this short story, we explore some important questions about the creepy little man…
I wasn’t originally going to play Mists of Pandaria, but once I zoned into the gorgeous Jade Forest it was hard to stop…
Lately I’ve become more and more obsessed with gazpacho, southern Spain’s cold vegetable soup. It’s tasty, healthy, like a salad in a glass…
