Birthday celebration for Darren involved Blazer Tag (b-b-b-better than laser tag), Indian buffet, bowling, gins and tonic. Fun was had.

Long trip to and from Dallas, capped with a viewing of Cobra Verde. Guess which one I enjoyed more.

Halo 3 is getting some incredibly high scores. On Gamerankings it is currently considered the 4th best game of all time. Yet in many of these reviews are acknowledged problems which don’t seem to reconcile with the given review scores. The last three paragraphs of the Eurogamer review highlight the by-the-numbers gameplay in the majority [...]

Up early twice this week. This time, driving to Dallas. Third time to Dallas: three times too many.

Halo 3 is may have been an expensive launch, but it’s just another Halo.

Microsoft thinks today might be the biggest entertainment launch in history. I suspect they spent as much on marketing as they did on dev.

Lunch with the team at Gene’s in East Austin. Very good fried chicken.

VW Shuttle driver listened to conservative talk radio the entire way down into Austin. It was some of the funniest radio I’ve ever heard.

Up far too early, taking the car into the shop. Miserable, miserable car.

@coronam: What?! Head to a coffee shop!