I’m going to attempt to write this piece without using “in my day…”. I grew up in the 80’s. I remember playing Gauntlet in the arcade, I had a Barbie and Jem and the Holograms sticker book. I collected Garbage Pail Kid cards, even though secretly they kind of grossed me out. I had a…
To Serve Pokemon – It’s a Cookbook
A few days ago, my TMI compatriot, Pedro and I recorded our first podcast revolving around pokemon. Part of the conversation involved pokemon cannon and then the question came up: What do you eat in the pokemon world? In the anime and in the Nintendo games, pokemon generally ate berries and food mixtures that would either give them powers…
You Like to Watch? Video Game Voyeurism
You may have heard about Twitch.TV and their recent deal with Amazon for $1Billion dollars. That’s right, B as in Billion. Even Doctor Evil from the Austin Powers movies wouldn’t go so far. And the next question is “Who watches other people play video games”? This person, as well as over 45 million viewers worldwide…