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Talks with a Ninja About Gold and Scalawags

March 10, 2011by gorrie Leave a comment

Disclaimer: I have not been provided any inside or NDA’d information on any gaming platform in any form.  All of this is from public information and my own conjecture and […]

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Gaming, Information Security

Local Game Shops

December 8, 2009by gorrie 2 Comments

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 […]

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Gaming

PAX 09

September 10, 2009by gorrie 4 Comments

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 […]

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Gaming

Big Tech Wins: Addressbooks

February 6, 2009by gorrie 1 Comment

I find that the best and most immediate use of personal technology for most people is in personal communications. For example, I did not have an organized and comprehensive set […]

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Business, Internet, Phones, Technology

Spore

September 9, 2008by gorrie Leave a comment

It turns out that one of my favorite authors, Walter Jon Williams, wrote the space portion of the game Spore: “Spore” (Electronic Arts) At the time of my writing this, […]

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Gaming

Just what I didn’t know I needed

July 25, 2008by gorrie Leave a comment

Because I hate going to a gym in the mornings, I decided I would give Wi Fit a try so that I can supplement my normal training schedule with some […]

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Business, Gaming

Playstation update: Your ps3 is now a brick

July 7, 2008by gorrie Leave a comment

I had a gamer friend ask me why I didn’t have any trophies yet for Super Stardust HD, one of my favorite PS3 games. I had no idea what she […]

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Gaming

Why I hate BlackBerries

April 27, 2008by gorrie 1 Comment

I have been working hard to avoid Blackberries of all kinds having seen sales people (who if you ask anyone who works with technology, they will tell you that people […]

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Electronics, Phones

AT&T Hates Their Customers

April 26, 2008by gorrie Leave a comment

Every time I have an interaction with AT&T wireless, it is an agonizing and drawn out horror of an experience. Because I know this, I only call then when absolutely […]

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Business, Phones

The iPhone Meets Net Neutrality

March 21, 2008by gorrie Leave a comment

Chris Soghoian made an interesting point in his recent cnet article entitled iPhone rules pose Net neutrality, antitrust concerns. My key point of interest here is the following: Apple’s, and […]

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Business, Phones, Technology

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