High quality local geek shops are hard to find in Seattle. I have been accustomed in the past to running out to the local hardcore lair to pick up some OEM hardware, but that’s just not happening here any longer.
My theory is that Amazon has destroyed all margins for local geek dens and so they’re not [...]
I had the opportunity to speak to Cholera, a hilarious english language StarCraft commentator, about the state of international competition, the upcoming release of StarCraft 2 and what it will mean to the sport, and what makes a pro player.
Additionally, he provided a list of his favorite StarCraft matches:
Bisu v Pokju
Savior v Nal_ra (game 1 , [...]
PAX, to me, seems like an unlikely event. Ten years of growth and loyalty to a couple of guys that wrote a web comic that struck to the heart of games and gamers and developed into a large and thriving community of game loving individuals and nerdcore people in general. I remember when they hooked me.
Unprecedented [...]
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It’s interesting to have moved to a town like Seattle where people are very sensitive about speaking in anything other than the most glowing terms relating to Microsoft products. I’m not used to sugar coating opinions based on facts, so this has lead to some awkward situations where they have felt that [...]
The only podcast I look forward to has to be the 1up show.
For example, a couple weeks ago they made fun of the silly poses to gain renown in the Fable games. It was completely hilarious gamer humor.
For the most part, they have really great insights into gaming. It’s largely the same kind of things that [...]
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