I guess Mario isn't quite so passé
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Thu, 2007-11-29 05:49 ::I've been watching Rise of the Video Game on Discovery channel. It's somewhat interesting to see what they say and what they show.
In the second episode, they mention that "the era of the mustached plumber is over," talking about how Mario has become passé and "more realistic" games like Grand Theft Auto 3, Halo, The Godfather and the like have taken over.
Scheduled Downtime
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Fri, 2007-11-16 23:14 ::Dreamhost will be moving the Spacey cluster on December 1st, from approximately 6:00AM to 2:00PM GMT. This will cause this site to be down for the same period of time.
Review: Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Mon, 2007-11-12 20:02 ::System: Nintendo DS
Score:
4 (Good)
There's really only one thing to say about Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations: it's just like the previous two games.
NaNoWriMo
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Thu, 2007-11-01 17:30 ::It's November now, and that means that NaNoWriMo 2007 has started!
As always, their website appears to be running amazingly slowly, so I'm currently trying to come up with a better way of linking my writing progress (currently 0 words out of 50,000).
Good luck to all the other NaNoWriMo authors out there!
Thoughts on Phoenix Wright 3
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Wed, 2007-10-31 19:08 ::I haven't actually completed the game yet, so this isn't a review. Instead it's just some rambling about the game.
The first comment has to be that Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations is just like any other Phoenix Wright game that's been released on the DS. Astounding, I know.
But that's just it, it is simply more of the same. It's five new cases, using the same gameplay as the previous game without the special DS-specific case that the first Phoenix Wright game offered.
Happy Halloween
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Fri, 2007-10-26 19:27 ::Happy Halloween, everyone!
This recolored version of the main theme will remain up until Halloween ends, so enjoy it while it lasts.
I apologize in advance for the various places where Drupal's colors remain that fail in the inverted Halloween white-text-on-black-background scheme.
User Account Policy
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Tue, 2007-10-23 16:44 ::This policy has been in effect for a while but never officially typed up. So here's the policy on user accounts:
User accounts can be created by anyone, but may be deleted if:
- The name is gibberish. Names like "XIjanawWeF" may be deleted at any time.
- The name references adult content. The assumption here is that the account is being created to comment-spam for porn sites, and therefore is subject to immediate deletion.
- Any account used for comment-spamming will be immediately deleted.
Welcome to the new Xenoveritas.org!
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Mon, 2007-10-22 18:37 ::Welcome to the new Xenoveritas.org!
Update: I've moved the theme to the new Drupal 5 location, which changes the URL for the stylesheet, so everyone should get the new theme now.
Anyway, I have other hopes for the new site, but that'll come later...
Review: Portal
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Mon, 2007-10-15 21:03 ::| System: | Windows |
| Score: | 4 (Good) |
Portal is simply a lot of fun. Really, what more needs to be said?
Well, that it's amazingly short. The main game takes about two hours to complete. Afterwards there are additional achievements that can be completed, but they are basically sections of the main game redone to be harder.
4 (Good)

