Russ | June 8, 2013
I’ve been playing a lot of World of Tanks. Several months ago, I joined up with the 1st Cavalry gaming clan. In that time, I’ve gone from raw recruit to deputy commander of the training battalion. Maybe I’m not too terrible at this stuff.
Russ | April 4, 2013
For the past several months, I’ve been playing a lot of World of Tanks (“WoT”), a free-to-play* MMO dealing with armored combat in the period roughly 1920-1970. Battles generally consist of two teams of 15 players, who are usually complete strangers, going head-to-head. Tanks from different countries can be teamed up, so one usually sees [...]
Russ | August 24, 2012
It’s called “Take It Back” by Miracle of Sound (whose music I’ve linked before.) It’s got a made-of-awesome beat, and you could probably even dance to it. But the lyrics — which are actually about the situation the gamer faces in Mass Effect 3 — might just possibly be read an altogether different way… When [...]
Russ | March 15, 2012
It’s called Mass Effect 3, and if by now you aren’t aware that I’m a fan, you haven’t been paying attention. Here’s a sample mission I ran in the wee hours this morning. The goal: to protect some civilians from being kidnapped. Experienced ME2/ME3 players will note that I didn’t make full use of my [...]
Russ | March 6, 2012
After weeks — nay, months — of mentioning it on Twitter, on Facebook, and in the occasional post at this very site…. it’s here: I may just be unavailable for the rest of the week.
Russ | March 1, 2012
I’ve been playing with Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11. And since I’m so eager for the release of Mass Effect 3, when I saw an idea from a poster in the Bioware Mass Effect forums, I decided to take the ball and run with it. Here’s the result: Mass Effect 3: Take Earth [...]
Russ | December 21, 2011
The third and final installment of the Commander Shepard saga in the universe of Mass Effect drops on March 6… I am, to my own surprise, rather eager for it to arrive. BioWare have released a third trailer. It looks really deeply seriously good. Mild language warning. I’m particularly impressed by the nearly seamless transitions [...]
Russ | November 28, 2011
Been playing a bit of Battlefield 3 for the last few weeks while I wait for the March release of Mass Effect 3. It’s good fun. I get killed a lot — my kill/death ratio is only about 0.6 — but I’m improving and enjoying myself in my Copious Free Time. And every once in [...]
Russ | August 25, 2011
I have seriously been digging this tune since it was released last week. [You can either go here — or see the video embedded below the fold — had to be done to fix page loading issues.] It’s not just a good “game song” — it’s a good song, period. In case you missed it: [...]
Russ | August 9, 2011
For a light bit of entertainment with my first cup of coffee of the day, I turned to Google. For some reason, I suspect none of those results is “himself.” It the president were to spend his free time playing one of the Call of Duty or Battlefield franchise games, his choice of primary weapon [...]
Russ Emerson : If I could bottle the smell of my kitchen right now, I'd be richer than Croesus. Um... is "Croesus" on the IRS' hit list?
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