Wow. I found this out while listening to the Giant Bomb podcast this morning: Oakland’s own Raphael Saadiq (Tony! Toni! Toné!, Lucy Pearl) has a video game company called Illfonic! This kind of blows my mind. And they have a game coming out shortly as part of Microsoft’s Xbox Live “Arcade House Party” promotion. The game is called Nexuiz and…
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One Of Swords: Let’s Talk About Yameen
My good, good friend from back in the day, Dan Amrich — who goes by the nom de Web, One Of Swords — is the self-described “social media guy” for videogame juggernaut, Activision: the publisher of Call of Duty, DJ Hero, Guitar Hero and many more. As you may have read on my site in the past, I am a…
DJ Hero 2 Shows Yameen Some (T-Shirt) Love
While I’m still waiting for my official-official invitation to contribute to a DJ Hero video game set ;), I was pretty stoked to see Dan “One of Swords” Amrich — Activision’s social media guru and liaison — rocking one of my old, old SupremeEx t-shirts in this new DJ Hero 2 promotional video. Check it out: And while that shirt…
Part 2 — The Refinement: Building a Cheap HTPC & Gaming Box
In Part 1 of my “Building a Cheap, Energy-Efficient HTPC & Classic Gaming Emulator Box” adventure, I outlined the different hardware options I was considering to create the cheapest, nicest-lookingest, lowest-energy-using, HD movie-playing, classic videogame-emulating home theater PC. Four months later, I am more than happy with my purchase of the Acer Revo 1600. And so, I am here to outline the…
Yameen Pixel Art Persona for Firefox Web Browser
I just noticed Firefox 3.6 and higher lets you re-skin the browser using “Personas” to give it a unique, personalized look. I thought it would be dope to make a Yameen one featuring some of the pixel art we’ve been working on. Check it out (click for a larger view): That’s me on the wheels of steel playin the dope…
Co-Host, One Of Swords Activision Podcast: DJ Hero, Guitar Hero, Modern Warfare
I was invited to co-host the official Activision video games podcast, One of Swords this week with the show’s host (and my good friend), Dan Amrich. We spoke about the DJ Hero titles, Guitar Hero, Rez, rhythm-action games and much more. Have a listen: Here are the links: » Get the MP3 Download Get the podcast on iTunes Get the…
Activision Podcast, One of Swords, Music by Yameen
My man Dan Amrich — former senior editor of GamePro, Official X-Box Magazine, World of Warcraft Magazine and a ton of other journalistic endeavors of the videogame-kind (spanning well over 16 years!) — has just been hired by Activision as their brand-spankin’ new Community Manager! Congrats, Dan! One of Swords, his nom de Web, has just dropped Episode 001 of…
Building a Cheap, Energy-Efficient HTPC & Classic Gaming Emulator Box
Over the holiday I set out to create a small, energy-efficient home theater PC (HTPC) that would sit diminutively under the TV and play all of my HD movies, music and video game emulators. So how did I do it? Peep game: The Prerequisites Affordable if not outright cheap (Sub-$400) I wasn’t interested in putting too much money into this…
Nintendo DS Museum Shigureden – Kyoto, Japan
I trekked out to the Shigureden museum in Arashiyama, Japan — within Koyoto — and close to the corporate home of Nintendo. Here, the president of Nintendo, Hiroshi Yamauchi has created an interactive museum which at the time used the Nintendo DS to interact with live installations. The entire building and all of the interactive installations are based on a…