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Month: February 2012

Wednesday!

February 29, 2012Jaybird 36 Comments

Punk Rock didn’t make sense to me in the 80’s. The bands that the skaters listened to sounded like just a bunch of angry people. Black Flag, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Suicidal Tendencies… it just sounded to me like a… Continue Reading →

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Bookclub!

February 28, 2012Jaybird 15 Comments

This week, our assignment was to watch the two episodes “The Cure” and “In Which We Meet Mr. Jones” from Season One of Fringe. (You can read the Television Without Pity Recaps here and here, while the AV Club has… Continue Reading →

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Expectations!

February 27, 2012Jaybird 4 Comments

The demo for Mass Effect 3 came out on Valentine’s Day. In the ancient times, this would have been known as “a test”. Thankfully, everyone in our household was sick and, as such, the Valentine’s Day can was kicked down… Continue Reading →

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Sunday!

February 26, 2012Jaybird 5 Comments

Apart from keeping up with the bookclub (and sneaking ahead on my own… HOLY COW I CAN’T BELIEVE HOW AWESOME SEASON THREE IS) and bugging Maribou about Season 2 (she watched White Tulip yesterday, you see), I haven’t had much… Continue Reading →

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Anniversary!

February 25, 2012Jaybird 17 Comments

Well, it’s been a year. The first post was on February 25th, 2011. Here we are a year later. I’ll talk a bit about what I intended, what I think worked, what I think didn’t, and wonder aloud what needs… Continue Reading →

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Saturday!

February 25, 2012Jaybird 2 Comments

So… what are you playing?

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Linchpin!

February 25, 2012Jaybird 4 Comments

One thing that is probably an essay in itself is how the whole “Great Man” theory of history has had an impact upon video games (I mean, has there ever been a single-player RPG that didn’t have this as its… Continue Reading →

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Weekend!

February 24, 2012Jaybird 13 Comments

I’m beginning to wonder if maybe the opening line to this post shouldn’t be set to “Holy crap, tomorrow is Friday?” Then the second line could be set to “indeed it is.” Though, honestly, there are some weeks where it… Continue Reading →

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Homework!

February 24, 2012Jaybird 2 Comments

Okay. We’ve watched the first five episodes of Fringe. We unanimously agreed that two episodes per week is “just right” until we GO NUTS BECAUSE OH MY GOD DID YOU SEE THAT but that hasn’t happened yet and so we are… Continue Reading →

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Confessions!

February 23, 2012Jaybird 25 Comments

(This guess post was written by our very own James K!) My first exposure to miniature wargaming occurred back in 1994 when I first played a game that was being re-branded from Space Marine to Epic 40,000.  Naturally this game… Continue Reading →

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