Dear Nintendo,
Please. Please please please please please bring this to the US. Pretty please.
Love,
Tara
(View the video on YouTube and click “show annotations” to see English subtitles.)
Portal’s convincing teachers that it’s an educational game by giving it away for free (until September 20th). If you haven’t played the game yet, GO! Go get it now!
…And since it’s “educational”, that means you can play it instead of doing homework. Right? Isn’t that how things work?
Play Portal for Free on Steam.
Well, this about sums up my feelings on Mondays. Also, Freddy’s awesome.
How many gaming references did you see? (I saw a whole lot of GTA with a spot of Frogger myself.)
I picked up TONS of swag at PAX, just for all of you. You’re welcome! Take a look at the video to see what kind of swag you can win!
Leave a comment below letting me know if you want the Large or XL prize pack, and what Britt should do if she wants my Skyrim beanie!
Those who comment with a “Large” or “XL” request by noon Wednesday, September 7th, will be entered in the random drawing for prizes!
(US only, because these packages may end up being pretty costly to ship. Sorry!)
Good luck!
EDIT: Courtesy of Random.org, we have our winners! Congratulations to Rachel B. for winning the Large Pack, and Boots_33 for winning the XL Pack! Winners, please send me an email at tara at zaxy.com with your full name and address so I can get those sent out!
We have another SUPER awesome contest coming next week, so stay tuned!
(Thank you, also, for all of the amazing suggestions on what I should make Britt do. I’ll try to come up with an appropriate challenge for her soon!)
Developers at Stabyourself.net are making an actual, playable game starring Mario with a Portal gun. OMG. AND there will be a potentially very confusing co-op mode.
They’re not sure when it’ll be coming out, but there’s a good chance I may be calling sick into work that day.
A Gizmodo author wrote an article about an OkCupid date she went on with a World Champion Magic player. The article is currently being bashed EVERYWHERE. Why? Because she warns people of being “tricked” into going on a date with a guy like this. She calls the fact that he still plays Magic and has friends that play Magic strikes against him.
I’m sorry hun. It’s not like he’s a criminal out on parole or anything else that would potentially warrant a warning. The man has a Wikipedia page, his own Magic card, and is currently doing an AMA on Reddit. And he seems like a perfectly nice guy.
All I have to say is: Jon, if you’re ever in Seattle, you’ve got a few ladies here that would love to buy you a drink.
Battling a dragon at PAX last year
Eee! PAX is upon us, and I’m so excited! For those who know me, I’m a HUGE overplanner, and I planned out my entire PAX schedule last year: press appointments, parties, events, etc. And it stressed me out. So this year I’m taking things a bit easier. I have a couple specific things on my calendar, but for the most part I just want to enjoy. I’ll spend time at the booths I want to, and put a huge focus on partying and networking.
Want to find me at PAX? Here are a few places and events where you’ll be able to find me:
The Expo Hall
I’ll be spending most of my time hanging around the expo hall. I’ll tweet out a pic and clues as to where I am, and may even be giving away some swag, so keep an eye on @Zaxydotcom and @ZaxyTara! (I’ll also be tweeting from the @paxparties and @geekyhostess twitter handles, so I’ll be giving my phone a workout!)
NerdProv
Saturday, 10:30pm
I’ll be judging NerdProv at the Intiman Theater (right near the Space Needle) with special guests Loading Ready Run and Mikey Neumann!
Geeky Hostess/Parenting Geekly Meet Up
Sunday, 9:30am-10:30am
I’ll be repping my other blog (Geeky Hostess) by providing coffee, donuts, and water bottles to folks entering PAX on Sunday. Look for me and Sharon (from Parenting Geekly) in aprons on the main floor of the convention center!
I’ll be at other parties and places throughout: keeping an eye on the twitter handles will be your easiest way of finding me. I really want to meet you all, so please come up and say “Hi” if you see me!
Can’t make PAX this year? Never fear! By request of you guys, I’ll be rounding up some of the best swag I can find, and putting together a PAX Swag contest later next week. Keep an eye out for that!
The short film Portal: No Escape is freaking amazing. See for yourself:
I loved some of her uses for the Portals- that’s some quick, smart thinking!
Who would want to see a full-length version of this? (Raises hand)
Thanks to Jorge and David for showing me the film!
Britt, Kristina, and I are pleased to announce that we will be participating in Extra Life again this year!
Extra Life is a 24 hour video game marathon to raise money for children’s hospitals.
Check out more info here! It takes place on October 15th, and like last year, we’ll be on Ustream the whole time so you can check up on us. Take a look at the adventures that came of it last year. Highlights included special guests, a fire alarm, and a dancing penguin.
Want to join our team and help raise money for kids by gaming? Join here! If you’re not able to play along but can donate, you’re welcome to do so as well.
We can’t wait to do this again and we’re hoping to make it even bigger and more awesome than last year. Who knows, if we’re lucky we may have TWO fire alarms go off!
I posted this over on Geeky Hostess a couple days ago, but couldn’t resist posting it here as well. Such a sweet song!
Ahh. Such a nice, mellow way to end the day.
