Hello, my name is Shawn. This is where I put things. This site has been active since 2002. A lot has changed since then but basically I'm still writing ridiculous articles about ridiculous things. You can also look at my Flickr photostream which is a lot of fun if you aren't blind.
This is really strange. Yesterday on the subway a thought randomly formed in my head. I wasn’t thinking about iPods and I wasn’t thinking about games. The thought was, “If they made a Sudoku game for the iPod, I would buy it.” Nodding my head and feeling good about my resolve to buy something that didn’t exist, I returned to reading my book. And then today they release a Sudoku game for iPod.
Coincidence? Or does my brain’s desires manifest reality?!
We may never know.
I’m not a big gamer… in fact I’m not a gamer at all. I usually feel a palpable wasting of my life while playing most video games. That said, I think Garrett’s post sold me on the Wii. It seems appealing for the exact reasons that I usually don’t find games appealing. Creative, uniquely fun with an interesting community aspect. I also like the idea of games that I can pick up whenever and not get sucked into hours of some deep, complex story.
Oddly, flying directly in the face of that last rule, my one exception to my stance on video games is Zelda. I love Zelda. I have played every single Zelda game (yes, even the egregious Zelda II) since the original and it remains the only game I’m willing to put my life on pause for. I wasn’t willing to spring for the Wii for Zelda alone but the included sports games seem to round it all out.