Archive for May, 2009

On playing MMOGs and being anti-social
On playing MMOGs and being anti-social

Two weeks ago, I hit level 80 on my priest in World of Warcraft. This was a bit of a momentous occasion for me, not because it was the first time I hit the level cap, but because it was the first time I hit the level cap when another expansion wasn't arriving imminently. While [...]

27 May 2009 · By: Joshua Meadows
I've got the breath of a last cigarette on my teeth
I've got the breath of a last cigarette on my teeth

So an addendum to the health fun of the past week; nothing was getting better with regards to my throat infection, which went back and forth between tonsillitis– oh wait strep throat maybe– over and over, and yesterday I woke up with my throat so swollen and painful that I couldn't speak or swallow my [...]

21 May 2009 · By: Joshua Meadows
Atmosphir
Atmosphir

I happened to hear about Atmosphir from a Facebook comment a few weeks ago; quickly running over the site I thought it was a cute, quirky program and happily put my information into the beta signup section. Atmosphir, as the website explains, is a "video game" creation tool geared towards amateurs: levels are designed on [...]

20 May 2009 · By: Joshua Meadows
Keep me hanging on so contagiously
Keep me hanging on so contagiously

The past couple of weeks have been quite the hospital experience for me. Two weeks ago, while Adam and I were watching the new Star Trek movie, I started having a panic attack in the middle of the film. Only it didn't feel like a panic attack, I started feeling like my throat was closing [...]

18 May 2009 · By: Joshua Meadows