Review: The Sims 3

Perhaps one of the most successful and best-selling game franchises of all time is The Sims.  There have been many different boxes with “The Sims” released, starting with the original The Sims, then followed with The Sims Online, The Sims 2, a variety of expansion packs, and stand-alone side games like The Sims Castaways (which [...]

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Review: Fallout 3

After abandoning yet another MMORPG (LOTRO — my sixth in as many years, I think), I decided to try doing some solo computer RPGs for a while.  I’ve played a lot of the older good ones — Knights of the Old Republic, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire — which are usually Bioware offerings (although, as my [...]

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Review: Civilization IV

Having now canceled my last remaining MMO (LOTRO), I have been looking around for other games to play. Even before canceling it, having gotten to that pre-cancelation stage where I am not able to stay logged in for hours on end, but still want to do some gaming, I started searching for, and found, [...]

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Game Review: Lord of the Rings Online

I have been playing Turbine’s Lord of the Rings Online game for about two months now, and gotten my highest-level character (a Warden) to level 38.  There’s a lot to like about the game, but also a lot to dislike, and frankly I think Turbine has made a lot of the same mistakes that other [...]

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My new Samsung BDP-1500

As readers of my blog will know, about 8 months ago I bought a Samsung 32″ HDTV with 720p resolution.  This is the “lower” resolution of high-definition, but it still provides you with a crystal clear, beautiful image.  The 32″ size is small enough that 1080 lines of resolution is mostly gratuitous, though I would [...]

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