So after abandoning my family for four or five trips to NYC over the last few weeks, I took Amy and soon-to-be six-month-old Sam along this week. They played while I was in meetings Thursday and Friday, and we spent the weekend from Cousin Miriam’s place on the Upper East side. The photo above was taken from Herb Marx’s apartment, overlooking the United Nations, the East River and Queens/Brooklyn. Take a look at the gallery here.
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Gametap is Live!
Turner Broadcasting System’s several-years-in-the-making broadband gaming service which I blogged about a few months back has launched to the public today.
Joystiq has coverage here, and Kotaku points out a set of viral faux-blogs intended to bring consumers into the new service.
There’s at least five sites out there, as reported below by Joystiq:
- What is ADAT?: A site dedicated to people suffering from Third Dimensia
- Upgradius: Think Gizmondo for video game characters
- X-Treme Platform Jumping School: The name says it all
- First Person Get Aways: A travel agency that specializes in video game vacations
- Jalopixel: A game car site with a very Gawkerish name.
After you wander about these blogs you’ll eventually get to the Gametap site, with this snarky little quote:
Well played. You found us out. That page you just came from? Not real. And there’s more like it out there. You see, you’ve fallen prey to one of our little traps to make friends with the world. We want to be your friend.
I’m not going to get into the arguments of fake marketing blogs. Draw your own conclusions. I’m just happy to see Gametap finally exposed to the public. I’ve been fooling with the app for a while, and it’s pretty entertaining to go back to the games of our youth, and to have access to some more recent PC titles I was too lazy to go out and buy. There’s some discussion on Joyqstiq about most of this being available via emulators and ROMs, but even if those are free, they are buggy, often a pain to setup, etc. I think it’s worth a few bucks to package these older titles in a cohesive manner, and let me drop in, play, and drop back out when I have a few moments. Oh, and the classic photo from Joystiq at the top of this entry is definitely a keeper.
Bob Mould’s US Tour Kicks Off
Here’s a gallery of photos I shot on Friday night on Bob Mould’s second US show to promote his new album. I’ve become friends with Bob through some mutual acquaintances, and he asked me to shoot the show. His new disc, Body of Song is a return to some of his earlier roots – a lot less electronica, a bit more guitar, and great listen. I’m particularly fond of the track Paralyzed, and the whole disc is must for any Husker Du, Sugar or Bob fan. I first photographed Bob’s last stop in Atlanta in 2002, shortly after Modulate was released. This stop was less about the AV-enhancements and more about the music – and I think the fans appreciated that.
Arrrrrrrr
Avast! It’s Talk Like A Pirate Day! Just a quick note – today is the all-important, soon-to-be-nationally-observed ‘Talk Like a Pirate Day!’ Visit this web site for all the lowdown. So I leave you with this quote – ‘Brwaack! Polly want a cracker? … Oh, wait. That’s for Talk Like a PARROT Day.’