This was originally published on my 1UP blog on 9/26/2007, the week I left LucasArts. Only seems appropriate to repost here this week... After two years, eight months and one day, Tuesday was my last day as a studio publicist at LucasArts. A lot of people seemed shocked by this -- heck... I'm pretty much shocked by this myself. I really loved it there, too. Great people...solid product... freak...
When you're 13, every cent you have counts. Case in point: The only thing I have to talk about today is that I am saving money to buy the Nintendo game "Batman, "Ironsword" or "Super Mario Bros. 3." Right now I have $53.58. I need $54.74 to buy "Batman" from an ordering place. That is all I have to say. As it turns out, I actually went with IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II when the time came (c...
"No, I haven't beaten Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles yet." That's what my friend Danny signed my seventh-grade autograph book with (not the actual yearbook, mind you -- that was a whopping 15 bucks). And with good reason -- as I mentioned last time , TMNT for NES was "something much harder" than Zelda II . Here's what the journal reveals: As I have said before, I have just finished the "Adventure...
The Journal A few years ago, a visit to my parents' house yielded an old treasure I remember fondly: My seventh-grade journal. Now, it's not like I just kept this thing on my own -- it was how we started English every day as part of class. There was always a topic on the board, but I usually ignored it in favor of discussing whatever else was on my mind -- which, as many entries start with some...
NOTE: I originally posted this on my 1UP blog after Game 2 of the 2005 World Series, featuring the Astros vs. the White Sox. I had a lot of fun with it and figured I'd repost it here for posterity. At one point I even had screenshots to go with each player, but they've all been lost in time or something. So anyway... Posted: 2005-10-24 01:53:45.01 Game 2 was a great one...except that it sucked....