Catching up… July 20, 2007
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The last month or so has been odd…this week I’m on 5 x 10’s at work, the week before I was on a jury for the week, the week before that was the mid-week holiday 4th and all of the scheduling weirdness that went with that and not having a sitter, and the week before THAT was summer vacation. Phew.
So…in the meanwhile, I’ve been trying to write weekly for Joe over at joeattacktix.com, a new column called Two Tix Forward, but it’s been more like every other week so far. And I’m ok with that. 
Once the new stuff comes out, I’ll have a lot more to talk about, and obviously I’m looking forward to that. I’m also working on an article for heroscapers.com…that should be out next week, and I’m very excited about that since it will be my first time on a new site in a while, and the first time I’ve written substantially on a different game in some time.
I’ve been watching a lot of G4 lately as well, so I look forward to next week’s look at Comic-Con…and then it’s GenCon on the horizon. Expect a good review for that event.
OK – back to the grindstone… – B
btw – if you haven’t gone out and seen Transformers yet…what are you waiting for?
Checkers “solved” – triple jump ftw! July 20, 2007
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Actually, I don’t know if a triple jump is needed…but according to slashdot some researchers have solved checkers, meaning they have created a program that can always win the game. Or whatever.
Ironically, if you would have asked me…I would have guessed this had happened long ago. Weird. – B
GenCon, like gravity… July 5, 2007
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…pulling me in. I once read about an astronaut that said that after being in space, he could FEEL gravity when he was back on Earth, pulling on his body.
Having been to big conventions…I can relate…NOT being there now…not being at Origins as it starts today…I feel it pulling on my mind, like mental gravity. Gen Con in my mind is like a huge gravity well that I’m slowly circling towards. I feel it in my dreams (of waiting in line…BAH!)…when I’m awake, at work, all the time.
Joe pointed out that’s it’s probably anticipation in both a good and bad way…lots of new things to see, but also the pressure to make connections and to “make things happen”, to play well if I enter events. I suppose that is true also.
Aaron…just days ago, we thought there were no big HeroClix events going on…after all, none had been announced…now there are world championships to consider.
In any case…I can’t wait. Matt will be there of course. I just found out an old friend, David, will be there…and probably some or most of you too. I think Brian is going to make it this year too…should be a great time. – B
