Jul 20
I love Pacman. As a child I spent endless hours in bars playing table top versions of that game. But these days it’s kinda hard to find. Sure, I know that you can get it on a computer and blah blah blah but it just isn’t the same. So imagine my surprise when I found …
Jul 06
While I was busy paying attention to the puny humans, the RoboCup ended on June 20th. And there was a surprise winner. The Germans took 11 out of 33 categories, relegating Japan to a humiliating third place. To be fair, things just haven’t been the same in Japan since AIBO died. But the biggest surprise …
Jun 15
The World Cup is a big deal in Toronto. It’s when a bunch of yobs drive around in their cars and honk their horns, thus showing their support for the country that they or their parents left. So, this time around I decided to find out what all the fuss was about and watch the …
Feb 24
Here’s a great time waster for you. It’s a flash game called Curveball and it’s like a jumped up version of Pong. You can even put some spin on the ball. It’s more addictive than that game Riker picked up on Risa and then got the whole crew of the Enterprise addicted to. Don’t act …
Feb 22
You might not know this about Canada, but we take hockey very seriously. All of us. Even I love Olympic hockey and I hate everything, including the NHL. But where, you might reasonably ask, does this national obsession come from? You can find its roots in our long winters. (You might not know this about …
Dec 21
Zefrank is probably one of the only geniuses online. Just look at those crazy eyes. The man is quite obviously quite mad. But, putting his insanity aside, he has made a great memory game that I’ve been torturing myself with. Instead of using static images, the pictures move. Since I am rather enamored of shiny, …
Dec 09
One round chess; one round boxing. I would love to see IBM try to do to Tyson what they did to Kasparov. It’s just too bad that Deep Blue doesn’t have ears. But the programmers do.
