Tag Archives: 360

The Day’s Events, Condensed

This morning I beat my high score in Geometry Wars by almost double (618,000). I then immediately had to leave for work. I was five minutes late. I went to Starbucks instead of Pegasus today. This is a long story. My favorite barista ever—Maria—who showed a lot of (friendly) interest in me, was fired from [...]
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Today’s Revelatory Discovery

It is possible to download and play the original Doom on Xbox LIVE AND play it in multiplayer! Cooperative and deathmatch! Do you know what an unbelievable turn of events this is for me? I had never played Doom over the Internets when it was released, and it probably is not commonly played online anymore. [...]
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The View From Here

It’s evening now. The apartment is quiet. Just minutes ago there was a board game being played that I’ve never heard of before. Rachel’s friends from home, Tom and Bobby, are here (if you’ve been reading diligently, you’ll remember they were here three months ago). It’s been a full house and kind of a crazy [...]
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Weekends

This weekend was, contrary to what I said today in my obligatory inter-office co-worker small talk, actually kind of exciting. But it all actually begins last week. Sometime last week, Rachel and I finished playing through Halo 2. It’s become very common practice for us, without class or many friends around (it being summer and [...]
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