AFB – Away From Blog

It has been a while since I’ve posted.  I’m currently in the second stage of the interviewing process, beta testing Tabula Rasa, and attempting to play every demo being released.  I want to write a post soon about EA’s upcoming Medal of Honor: Airborne, a game that should take me back to the old days [...]

Boy Almost Dies Trying to Cool XBox 360

I saw this blog post over at playgirlz:

Overheating Xbox 360 Nearly Kills Teen
by Ingrid on August 22nd, 2007
Oh boy. Apparently, a 14 year old boy was having trouble with his overheating Xbox 360, which would shut off every 5 minutes. The boy went on the Internet to find some tips on how to cool off [...]

My Brother’s Call of Duty 2 Video

My brother, Gershwin, has been competing in Call of Duty 2 leagues since the game’s release.  Originally, we all played on a team called The Big Empty, but when some of our friends lost interest in the game, he decided to move on to another team.  Now, after playing for several different teams and taking [...]

Hattrick: Final Fantasy 2, The Awakening 4

I knew going into yesterday’s Hattrick match that my team was going to have a difficult time pulling a win.  The Awakening has been a team that, in seasons past, has placed within the top three consistently.  Despite my best orders and team setup, however, I was unable to obtain victory.  Now, Final Fantasy has [...]

Hattrick: Final Fantasy 2, Carolina Blues 3

I’ve been playing this soccer management game called Hattrick for close to seven years now.  I first started playing with my friends in the 11th grade and we’d always check our teams’ status during the spare time left in our biology class.  We had a blast managing our teams and challenging each other to matches, with [...]

BSG: BTRL’s Omniscaper Models the Battlestar Galactica

In college, many “fine” artists rag on their more “digital” bretheren.  Saying that it is a lot easier to make things on the computer than it is to sculpt something with your bare hands.  Well, a lead developer for Battlestar Galactica: Beyond the Red Line who goes by the alias “Omniscaper” is a testament against those [...]