Raph on NPR’s Talk of the Nation

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Nov 212006
 

Looks like I will be on Talk of the Nation on NPR tomorrow, for a segment on games, gaming culture, the gaming business, the console transition, and so on. Lev Grossman will be another guest, and… I’m blanking on the other person.

The 6th Ministry

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Nov 202006
 

This is neat; tired, I guess, of digging through all sorts of sources for research on their research target of choice, William Huber & the rest of the crew at The 6th Ministry have set up a blog specifically just about research in FFXI.

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The Wii lines

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Nov 192006
 

So this morning, I thought I’d get up at 6am to see if there was any chance whatsoever of getting a Wii. The Target store close by where I live had, according to the Net, an allocation of 80 units, and it opened at 8am. Plus, there’s a Starbucks next door. I grabbed my digital camera, figuring “Hey, even if it’s insane, at least I’ll have pictures I can put on the blog, right?” That turned out to be a good call. Nice big panorama pics after the jump…

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The Sunday Poem: Wii

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Nov 192006
 

The wee ones might want a Wii;
Restrain yourself from shouting “Whee!”
Sneezes and coughs
& freezing your ass off
Are all the lines buy you, you see.

Expect another post with big panorama pictures of the lines shortly.

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