I’m going to get sentimental today. A lot of people have a favorite toy or movie from their childhood. I have a favorite magazine. This isn’t just a magazine that I generally liked, it’s my favorite issue of my favorite magazine and, more specifically, my favorite issue of any magazine…
Category: Video games
11 Streets in Brooklyn That Sound Like Names of Pokémon
It’s been mentioned in this space that I’m a Pokémon Go player and anyone who has taken any kind of walk with me in the past few months knows that I’m still playing Pokémon Go on the regular. The game has generally not been as popular as when it was released but it was never going to keep up that popularity. This past weekend though, I relived the glory days of seeing hoards of players walking around with their phones out…
The Un-Spoiling of Rogue One
This is a blog post about not having a movie spoiled for me, so in turn, there aren’t any spoilers for those of you who haven’t seen Rogue One: A Star Wars Story yet…
Everything’s Alright
It would be an understatement to say that I’ve been addicted to video games for the past few months. I bought an Xbox One back in June to play through Batman: Arkham Knight (which I beat 100%, including all that pesky nonsense with The Riddler (which my phone wants to auto-correct to “The Toddler”))…
Learning About Sign in Math Class
I knew a kid in high school that would pass the time by signing his name. Just writing autograph after autograph. He didn’t do it artistically or as vandalism. He just did it repeatedly…
Nerdy Currency
An amazing number of people look at me and correctly guess that I, “do something with computers.” That seems like a broad concept—most people “do something” with computers—but I know that they mean. It’s that I either work in IT or that I’m a programmer. So, I can’t really pretend I don’t seem nerdy but… Continue reading Nerdy Currency
Walking Through a 90’s Videogame
This past Saturday, I was at the reception for a photography show featuring some Polaroids by Laura Miner. It was held in a former silverware factory in East Boston and most of the building is still empty. I walked through this one particular room and was reminded of playing video games in the 90’s, most… Continue reading Walking Through a 90’s Videogame