I routinely create flash fiction to accompany my eBay listings. They add character to the auction and humanity to my character. Occasionally they are even relevant to what I’m selling. This was flash fiction for a Nintendo DS Lite. The seed was a survivor’s diary. The tone wavers, as I decided how hard to sell […]
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Winning a PAX Prime badge from Runic Games
My 3-day PAX badge was graciously provided by the awesome folks at Runic Games, the developers of Torchlight 2. I wrote ten haikus to them on Twitter to enter a contest where they were giving away twenty (!) badges, and persistence with a penchant for panache proved prosperous! I linked up with community manager Wonder […]
Convention’s Creed
Booths at PAX range from a mere table to an arena larger than some NYC studios, and typically the bigger booths have the bigger lines. While walking around the convention, I spotted that the booth for Assassin’s Creed 3, a big budget game whose line was normally very long, had experienced a momentary lull in […]
First time being grounded
I planned to take three days off works so that I could attend PAX Prime, the granddaddy of gaming conventions available to the public. Fly in Thursday, enjoy the three-day con, hop on a Sunday night red-eye and spend Monday recovering. But it’s Wednesday, and I’m still here in Seattle. In fact I’m going to […]
I definitely don’t have thick enough skin for her job
This story is also an entry into Sally’s contest for the upcoming Halo game. If you’ve got one of your own, hop over to her video and leave a comment to enter! I got a call yesterday from an unknown number. I pick it up, and am immediately greeted with the strangest voice I’ve ever […]
Bidders bartering for Bananas
Continuing the trend of my quirky eBay listings comes yet another. Knock knock. Who’s there? Bananas. Bananas who? Knock knock. Who’s there? Bananas. Bananas who? Knock knock. Who’s there? Orange. Orange who? Orange you glad I didn’t say bananas? No, actually, because you were probably hoping I would say bananas and present you with the […]
Bear with my puns
My penchant for unnecessarily long product descriptions started when I hawked my wares in WoW, but recently I’ve found that the tendency carries over to my eBay listings as well. Fantasy games are supposed to be fantastical. World of Warcraft lets you ride around on huge bats, mechanical striders and more, but you never get […]
The best examples stem from food or money
SarcasticSteven: there exist many different kinds of [data structure] trees SarcasticSteven: some of which end up having very complicated insertion and deletion methods SarcasticSteven: but which ensure that the tree is balanced, which ends up being a very important quality SarcasticSteven: it’s like if you had the choice between two burrito lines at warren [dining […]
Chapter 1 – How Science Makes Progress
These are the notes I took for the first chapter of my astronomy textbook. I call it Chapter 1 – How Shit Gets Done . The Scientific Method WATCH SHIT Observe a natural phenomenon EXPLAIN SHIT Develop hypotheses PREDICT SHIT Make predictions for each TEST SHIT Experiment with or reobserve the phenomenon to test the […]
Masochism
My life has been marked by lack of ambition. There is simply nothing I want thoroughly and continuously enough to diligently work for it day after week after month after year. I want things that make me happy, but that isn’t the same as needing them. The distinction between want and need was one instilled […]
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