http://www.angrypixel.net/blog randomness Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:30:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lets start this off on the wrong foot: I am a dirty pirate.  One of my most treasured acquisitions was the DS M3 cart I got for Christmas, which lets me play *ahem* DS game backups.  Because of that I've been exposed to a great number of DS games and ... http://www.angrypixel.net/blog/2009/07/why-am-i-addicted-to-phoenix-wright/ It's been a long time between posts (basically a month) so here's a quick redux as to what I've been up to: - Family bullshit - Looking for a new computer - Old computer died - Got a new computer The final point is what I've been spending most of my time on for the ... http://www.angrypixel.net/blog/2009/05/i-hate-computers/ I posted quite a while ago about my plans for my birthday and the week after it, being a camping trip down the river.  I also mused about the fact that I would be purposefully depriving myself of electronic gadgets for a week, which is well and truly outside my ... http://www.angrypixel.net/blog/2009/03/electronically-deprived-redux/ As has been a common theme in my writing recently, I'm soon to turn 30.  For me, this marks a time in life where I'm not seeing myself as young anymore and should probably stop spending my time sitting on my arse playing videogames and drinking beer. Probably not going to ... http://www.angrypixel.net/blog/2009/03/electronically-deprived/ As it's the start of the new year, we've already all been through the "best games of 2008" spiel and are moving forward with what is to come in the new year.  Seeing as I'm rapidly approaching 30, it's also an appropriate time to look at where the bloody hell ... http://www.angrypixel.net/blog/2009/03/most-played-games/ Two recent events have caused me to look more closely at my home contents insurance: The terrible bushfires now destroying a huge part of Victoria, and the fact that my insurance is actually due to be paid. Looking at the value, I thought it looked decidedly low for the amount of ... http://www.angrypixel.net/blog/2009/02/insurance-perils-of-game-collection/ Having a bit of a muse today about how living seems to be about the "betweens", either achieving something in the "betweens" or waiting, using those items to define life or to segment it. Between birth and death.  Between childhood, adulthood and old age.  Between jobs.  Between relationships and friendships.  Between ... http://www.angrypixel.net/blog/2009/01/between/ Most of us like video and computer games, from big blockbuster set piece extravaganzas to playing solitaire to while away the time.  They're a fun diversion. Then there's games which should be played because of their importance.  Passage is one such game. Created by Jason Rohrer, Passage is about.. well.. life. It would ... http://www.angrypixel.net/blog/2009/01/passage-should-be-played-by-everyone/ I grew up in a country area of Australia in the 80's and had most of my videogaming education during the 90's, when I was in high school and myself and various friends had pretty much every gaming console that you could find. Note that this was in the country, where ... http://www.angrypixel.net/blog/2009/01/the-gamate-obscure-handheld-gaming-in-country-australia/ An article from the internets today about a new study that's shown that playing Tetris in a certain time window after experiencing something nasty may help reduce flashbacks.  FTFA: Researchers at Oxford University took 40 healthy volunteers and showed them a film that included traumatic images of injury from several ... http://www.angrypixel.net/blog/2009/01/ptsd-bad-tetris-good/