First, how I approach this question. I’ve never been a union member. I’ve either been management or a scab. Every union I’ve ever seen, though has been less about protecting workers from the owners and more about screwing the younger workers to help the older ones. I have yet to see the union that would represent my…

It will be a shame if that happens. Last summer, I took the train from San Francisco to Chicago and back, and it was awesome. Beautiful views, good food, and I just sat around and read for a week. It was terrific, and I strongly recommend it to everyone.

It doesn’t cost much to teach a kid to count to twenty-one.

I really don’t think that the delay would be that long if this is the plan. Sure, they’ll lose the support of the people who showed up at rallies or whatever, but they’re small potatoes. (Edit: and probably wouldn’t vote Democrat in protest, anyway, so they’re a half vote lost) Many of the people who voted for him…

Dear guy in the video,

I used to coach high school wrestling, so I got the chance to see a bunch of athletes pre-match, and NONE of them were what I would call “happy” to get in to the match. Most were stressed to hell, and those were generally the better wrestlers. The rest were jacked, and they tended to do poorly. “Happy” happened the…

Could you explain to me what people mean by “endgame?” As far as I can tell, every time people refer to that, they’re talking about doing the same thing they’ve done before, but with the chance of better gear dropping. That just doesn’t appeal to me. If I’m just playing for the bit before that, is the game worth it?

Wait, are you telling me that I can play this like I used to do Tradewars 2002?! I’ve been on the fence about this game for a bit, but this may tip it. Do I need a real joystick, or can I fake it with an Xbox controller?

I’ll be the first to admit, I’m no Final Fantasy fanatic. I’ve only played a couple of the games, and was way late to the party for all of them. I thought one of the things that was actually kind of cool was how you were getting involved with this weird magical fantasy but with technology, and this, the product…

I may have misheard, but I think the announcers said he hadn’t even dressed for the game.

Oh, that last ARG was GREAT! I really liked how they didn’t give us any information, and we had to rely on experts in the community to tell us what was going on.

I think the drones are the coolest thing about this game. When I do a mission, it feels like a really well put together night of Shadowrun. My rigger is going to complete the goals without even setting foot in inside the building; how do you like that?

Who would build a Pacman rickshaw and not give the guy pulling it a glowing blue ghost costume?

I can’t speak to Origin or Blizzard, but I’ve spoken with Xbox customer service a bunch of times (too many, if you ask me), and every time, they’ve been great. Especially around the time my first 360 RRODed on me, they were firing on all cylinders. Support got outsourced and slower in the last year or so of the 360,…

Man, this is a timely article for me. I’m planning to buy a new motorcycle at the dealership in the next couple months, and I will freely admit that I am a dope when it comes to this. But when I’m reading it, I’m just thinking to myself, “But I plan to pay cash..” and then boom, the link to more stuff I need to know.…

Wow... the resident puff piece guy in Podunk, Iowa is scoffing at the lack of, well, anything that makes a television news story worth watching. Excitement? Nope. Well edited? Nope. Useful information? No. A pleasant voice? No again. Wes Mantooth neither likes nor respects you.

So, ten years ago, I bought a team’s t-shirt that had a faked beaten-up look to it, so I’ve always been slightly embarrassed to wear it. At this point, it’s had a decade of a guy who needs to double check where the detergent goes in every time washing it; can I now assume the weathering is legit?

I’ve recently become a teacher, and have taught students from second grade through to twelfth, and one thing that always floors me whenever I put computers in front of any of them is that they all type like my grandmother would have. This is the most basic computer skill I ever learned. I’m not even sure that they…

I’m with you 100% on that, but I very much doubt we’ll ever see that again. They half-ass the 3-D stuff; why would they put in the effort to draw sprites?