In mid-March 2008 Elisabeth Rohm, while pregnant with her daughter, held my infant son while we had a chat about life after two big shows, writers strikes, and how the first few months of parenting result in never getting enough sleep. It was a shining geek-dad moment for me.

That’s the best pre-show entertainment ever.

I’m new to the Northern Virginia area, and miss my reasonable access to Cinebistro in the Tampa area. Two locations, both 21+, both with reserved seating, damned good food, ridiculously comfortable reclining chairs set in pairs to allow for snuggling post-meal. What’s the…

Yeah. Three kids, one TV in the house, and I travel a lot for work, so even if I’m not “on the go”, the ability to play the Switch while the toddler is bingeing something from Disney Junior on the TV works. I haven’t even connected the Dock to a TV yet, and I’ve had the Switch for 6 weeks now.

Oh how this takes me back.

My younger brother and I started playing video game sports with “Super Soccer” on the SNES, and we’d organize tournaments like that; we’d play through in a tournament style like this with all of the teams in the game. Later, when we got “FIFA: Road to World Cup 98" we’d do the same thing in…

I’ve been playing PES 2011 for the 3DS since 2012. As portable ports go, it’s not bad, and it amuses me to no end that all the advert boards along the edge of the pitch have Sony or Playstation on them. Obvious port is obvious.

I’m thinking of grabbing FIFA for the switch, but I’m also playing the Android version of…

There’s no sub for a good pun.

My wife and I haven’t had a coffee table for most of the 8 years we’ve been together, and you’re right, the space in front of the couch becomes where kids play. It’s perfect for that. Sometimes they bring their bean bags in and flop on them there. Sometimes our toddler makes a tent with her Frozen mini-futon. The…

“Just before the wire, Cryogenic apparently ducked from the whip of jockey...”

Can’t blame him. I don’t want to be whipped either. Floggers are much more fun.

I moved from Florida to Virginia this year. The salt we had on the roads in Florida was from the sea salt in the air, and yeah, just a hose to the car would get that off in 10-15 minutes. Easy.

We’ve only had one good snowfall so far since the move, but holy crap, the amount of salt left on the road afterward was…

My wife and I just want 2 games from the PS2 to work on the PS3 or PS4.

* Champions of Norath
* Need for Speed: Underground

Is that too much to ask, especially of “Champions”? It’s in the world of Everquest. It’s Sony’s IP. Why can’t they show it some love?

I’m in my late 30s. Have 3 kids at home, one out of the house. The youngest is 3.5 (half years still matter at that age, trust me) and ate most of my waking time the first year. The other two at home are 12 and 11 now.

EVEN WITH working from home, being able to chill in the bedroom, with the TV and multiple working…

We bought an XBox One S for my 11 year old son last month (early holiday present from his bio-dad) and, getting it setup and configured for him to use properly has been the biggest pain in the ass of any console I’ve ever owned.

* 30+ minutes of downloads at startup (on a 250MB down connection) just to begin…

I seldom have time to let the butter warm to room temperature when I’m making impromptu grilled cheese sandwiches after 10pm for my wife and me, so here’s how I handle it on our current gas range:

* Preheat the 12 inch flat skillet on low heat for 3 minutes, then drop to the lowest flame possible before it kicks to…

Checkers / Rally’s makes a better fry than McD’s. That seasoning they use seals the deal.

I have to nitpick a point. I’ve never lived anywhere that was home to In-N-Out, but I tried them once just off The 101 between San Francisco and San Jose, and I wasn’t impressed. I was left wishing I’d gone to Jack-in-the-Box for a Sourdough Jack instead. But neither In-N-Out nor Jack-in-the-Box are produced…

In 2005 I met Paul Blake — the actor inside the Greedo mask — while he was a guest at a convention in Orlando. A member of the public walked up to request Mr. Blake’s autograph while wearing a “Han Shot First” shirt. Mr. Blake jumped out of his chair, leaned over the table, grabbed the shirt, and yelled out for the…