Gaming Notes

Wired article points out adult women gamers now outnumber male teen gamers. Average age of gamers is now 29.*

I’ve been giving Silent Hill 3 a moderate workout. As a huge fan of the first and the second, I’m thrilled there’s a new one out.

Picked up a cheap Clie at Factory Direct – only a hun! can u beat that yeah! – and have been enjoying the whole idea of text-based games such as Dope Wars (look, online version!) and Space Trader**. Reminds one of the folly of graphics-fetishism in game criticism these days – it’s clearly not what it’s all about: hey I played poker last night and man, the graphics sucked!

Hey, if you don’t link to Wired News now and again, is it even a weblog?

**Did Joss Whedon base Firefly on Space Trader? It’s one of the ship names in that game. Or is there some other sci-fi reference I’m missing?

5 comments on "Gaming Notes"

adampsyche says:

August 29, 2003 at 6:36 pm

Nice, I just got a Clie T615c recently.

D says:

August 29, 2003 at 8:23 pm

Awwww, buttercakes. I wasn’t sure if I’d use mine so I hedged my bets and got a cheapo SJ10. Now I wish I splurged a little… damn thang rocks! I’m dangerously overorganized now.

davee says:

September 7, 2003 at 10:50 pm

i’m convinced that Firefly is based on the popular TV series in japan called “Cowboy Bebop”, there was even a movie. you can find those with english subtitles (or english dubbing, i prefer the subtitles and original japanese emphasis) on DVD in the US – perhaps also in canada. The show is excellent though, definitely worth checking out if you haven’t already.

D says:

September 8, 2003 at 2:38 am

Is the movie any good? Should I start with it or the series?

Dannyboy says:

March 10, 2004 at 12:03 am

Wow! I haven’t heard of either Space Traders or Cowboy Bebop (posted by davee), but I do see similarities between Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer series and a JAPANESE cartoon called Sailor Moon. Does this mean Joss’s creations aren’t as original as they appear?

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