If you appreciate beer, watch Beer Wars. It is an enlightening documentary on the beer industry as a whole, with a focus on the craft brewer trying to make it in the marketplace. It gave me a tremendous amount of respect for all independent brewers, especially Dogfish Head, and unfortunately made me dislike Anheuser–Busch InBev even more than I already do. It’s in about every format imaginable (including Netflix “Watch Instantly”), so watch it. Continue Reading »

Anyone else going? I picked up a 3 day pass, which are all sold out now. I even convinced my wife to go to her first game conference (for one day)! If anyone is going, let me know and we might be able to hang out. Someone with more motivation than me should organize an MMO blogger/dev meet-up and I’ll most likely show up (especially if there’s beer involved). If you don’t have a ticket yet, PAX East is coming up on March 26th – 28th in Boston.

Dear Apple,

Meh.

Love, Ryan

“What are your feelings on what CCP is trying to do with Eve Online and Dust514? …” – JW It’s interesting. I find it intriguing to tie multiple products within the same IP together. It seems like some people will really love it, especially those who play both styles of games. I do wonder, however, about the wisdom of tying games so very different from one another together so tightly. Continue Reading »

My group of friends from Colorado is going to institute a fortnightly FPS gaming night. We’re trying to figure out what FPS we should play. We’d have chosen Modern Warfare 2 if they had dedicated servers, but they don’t. Instead, our two top spots are occupied by Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield 2. Any other suggestions for a good FPS we can all play together, preferably against others? Update: This doesn’t have to be an FPS. It can be any game that can handle our numbers, but not something that someone who misses out a couple times will have to catch up after (like an MMO).