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Posted on May 2nd, 2010 by
For the better part of 5 years, due to prosperity and for work, we’ve always been a multiple computer household. Until recently it was a powerful gaming PC, an iMac, an iBook, two iPhones, a PC I have connected to the TV to eliminate our old cable bill, my wife’s crappy work Dell laptop, two iPhones, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii
Press Start – 4/30/10
Posted on April 30th, 2010 by
Today the kids have friends over. At this moment I’ve got two 7-year old boys jumping around like crazy with Mario Baseball and two 10-year old girls playing Sims 3. First a HILARIOUS Sims 3 story. Last night Maggie asked me “What does WhooHoo mean?” I was honest and told her, “That’s how the Sims have sex.” Her face fell with a crash and she said, “That’s how they get a baby?” and I nodded yes. Then she said, “Dad, can you make them WooHoo when I’m not around?” Ah, innocence. I feel like a Pimp though.
Press Start 4/29/10
Posted on April 29th, 2010 by
The boy has suddenly switched from New Super Mario Bros Wii to Mario Tennis Wii, which is a welcome change and adorable because he’s 7 and still seems to think that if he jumps, it makes his shot better. He’s good, so who am I to argue? Maggie just asked me how to get Sims to marry in Sims3 – I told her it involves lots of kissing and, being 10, she made a sour face.
Happy Birthday to Me
Posted on April 26th, 2010 by
Yesterday was my birthday! 39, and I don’t feel a day older than 39. My parents took the kids on Saturday and returned them Sunday afternoon, so Linda and I had a lovely dinner of South American food – Pork Verde and a couple drinks and then we came home and watched a movie. The next morning we hung out and took a small nap (these are BIG events if you’re married). When the kids got home, they got to wale on my with pillows 39 times each + one to grow on. Then dinner – garlic mashed potatoes, peas, a small Filet Mignon and asparagus – and for dessert, I opted for Chocolate Pie. 3 bottles of wine later, my folks left and while Linda played Guitar and then Drums, I played Guitar and then sang. We did the Abbey Road Medley and more! A lovely Sunday, and no video game monsters got killed. Today is a different matter!
Press Start: 4/22/10 – Fire!
Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by
A Semi-daily little blog update to enhance that whole Twitter thing. Remember, that’s #gamerdadtm or @gamerdadtm or whatever it is. I’m old and don’t understand your social networking. Pressing Start now!
Games Can Never be Art?
Posted on April 21st, 2010 by
Roger Ebert, noted – actually extremely noted – film critic and all around good guy has written a blog post defending his assertion that video games are not art. Actually he writes “CAN NEVER BE ART” which is even wrong-er-er. And then the Internet completely exploded. I have no dog in this fight. I’m a gamer, I love games, I happen to think games ARE art – or at least have that potential – but I really don’t care what a noted film critic who doesn’t play games thinks about it. For one thing, I’m certain that back when film was new, the very idea of films being art was huffed and puffed by all kinds of older-generation Eberts. So he’s old and out of touch – this is a surprise? This is an insult? This deserves thousands of outraged posts against a lovely man whose voice I miss (and can hear in my head) and opinion I still value. When it comes to FILM.
Press Start 4/21/10: Frantic Action Feeling
Posted on April 21st, 2010 by
A daily? Semi-daily? Bi-daily? Bi-curious-Daily? Little blog update to enhance that whole Twitter thing. Remember, that’s #gamerdadtm or @gamerdadtm or whatever it is. I’m old and don’t understand your social networking. I’m just a cave man. I was walking along and I fell into some ice and your scientists unfroze me… here’s the first Press Start update. Pressing Start now!
Dads and Daughters
Posted on April 20th, 2010 by
“The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, ‘Daddy, I need to ask you something,’ he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan.” – Garrison Keillor
A Decade of Maggie
Posted on April 20th, 2010 by
As I mentioned yesterday, 4/20 has a lot of meaning to me – and not just because I went to San Francisco State University. On the one year anniversary of tragedy, my daughter was born. We had no idea her gender and I had the honor of announcing to Linda that we had a daughter. Our lives changed, she’s 10 now and just plain “tweeny” and I’m alarmed at how fast the time has gone. In another decade she’ll be 20. The mind boggles. This is the second reason 4/20 helped set me on this path that led to GamerDad.com. For her birthday? She gets to play Sims 3 with me supervising, she gets an “emergency cell phone”, we planted an annual flower garden she’ll enjoy all Summer, she got an email address and 30 “girl-power” MP3s from iTunes. So. Much. Gaga & Beyonce. Happy birthday my love!
Columbine & 4/20
Posted on April 19th, 2010 by
Today is the anniversary of the day the Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold intended to perform the Columbine massacre. It was supposed to happen on the 19th of April. I never realized that, it had to do with a SNAFU over a friend providing ammunition (an 18-year old friend who could buy ammo at KMart). I’d always bought into the mythology that they were commemorating Hitler’s Birthday, on the 20th. Columbine figures BIGTIME in the history of GamerDad. I was a CNet freelance reporter and my job was to chronicle how the media was blaming video games for something that obviously had nothing to do with video games. I’ve written about it almost yearly since then, and it turns out I never really understood it until now. I just finished a devastating book called Columbine and it’s now out in paperback. I DO NOT recommend it, it will break your heart. The book is Columbine, and the author is Dave Cullin. It is the definitive study.
