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Game Shop Crash

December 2, 2012 | 5 Comments

Game Shop is a cute little episodic SitCom that takes place in a mall video game store. Episode six is all about none other than Crash Bandicoot!

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Revenge of the Han Dynasty

November 30, 2012 | 2 Comments

This Philadelphia Szechuan restaurant is hot, hot, hot, but oh so good! Who needs a gut anyway when you can have flavor!

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WOW Endgames – Cataclysm

November 28, 2012 | 19 Comments

Blizzard, never afraid to shake things up, literally rocked the whole vanilla world of Azeroth and rebuilt not only the endgame but the rest of the game as well…

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ThanksGavin 2012

November 26, 2012 | 4 Comments

It’s that time of year again, time to loosen your belt buckle and sit down for the annual ThanksGavin…

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Ghosts of Thanksgivings Past

November 23, 2012 | 1 Comments

A historical and pictorial chronicle of the Thanksgiving dinner plates from the last 10 years of my epic all homemade family feast…

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Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2

November 21, 2012 | 6 Comments

BDP2 is not nearly as vomit inducing as part 1. Sure, I did my fair share of cringing, but mostly the film brought a smirk to my face…

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World of Warcraft 8th Anniversary

November 20, 2012 | 4 Comments

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…

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Thanksgiving Dream – only $0.99

November 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

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…

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Hedonists Boil Up Some Crab

November 19, 2012 | 1 Comments

The Hedonists pack up the wine, uncork, and rip into some extremely messy boiled crustacean…

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A Taste of Taos

November 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

A five course meal by Southwestern chef Chris Maher with wine pairings by myself. Life is good…

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WOW Endgames – Lich King

November 14, 2012 | 13 Comments

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…

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Untimed Goodies

November 12, 2012 | 6 Comments

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…

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Hedonists at Dahab

November 9, 2012 | 1 Comments

The Hedonists strike again, this time overwhelming casual Egyptian cafe Dahab with 20+ of our number. Food and wine mayhem ensues…

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WOW Endgames – Burning Crusade

November 7, 2012 | 9 Comments

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…

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Totoraku – Hedonists Beef Up

November 5, 2012 | 3 Comments

The Hedonists take on LA’s most exclusive beef restaurant for a spectacular evening of over-the-top food and wine…

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Air Middle Earth

November 2, 2012 | 3 Comments

Air New Zealand is using this very amusing (in a geeky way) Hobbit-themed safety video on its flights!

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Prometheus Rebound

November 2, 2012 | 19 Comments

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…

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Horror for Halloween

October 31, 2012 | 3 Comments

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…

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WOW Endgames – Vanilla

October 29, 2012 | 47 Comments

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…

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CR8 – Savage Romanticism

October 26, 2012 | 8 Comments

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…

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