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  • Added a Facebook page

    I recently added a Facebook page for TallGuyCalif. You can find it at: http://www.facebook.com/TallguyCalif If you’re one of my kin on LOTRO or otherwise enjoy the site, “like” the page and comment there.

  • Final Fantasy I & II for iPhone on Sale

    I notice that Final Fantasy I and II for iPhone are on sale in the App Store for $4 each. I enjoyed Final Fantasy XIII on the PS3 and Crisis Core on the PSP, but these games look too retro even for me. I am sure they provide many hours of gameplay, but I tend…

  • Video Game Voters Network

    If you want to stand up for games and our right to play them, check out the Video Game Voters Network at http://videogamevoters.org/ Of course, it’s sponsored to some extent by the Entertainment Software Association, whose members stand to lose a lot of money if video games become strongly regulated, but this is a case of lobbying…

  • Steam problems

    I take back some of the good things I said about Steam previously. I bought the Company of Heroes pack a few days ago when it was on sale for $12.50, but didn’t install it until yesterday. I had Steam download it during the day, then I tried to run it last night. It wouldn’t…

  • Steam vs. Impulse

    I am a user of both Steam (http://store.steampowered.com) and Impulse (http://www.impulsedriven.com), so I thought I would compare and contrast them. It is nice that we have some competition and choice among digital game distribution for the PC, as opposed to the consoles, where the manufacturer has a lock on the services. Steam, from tremendous game maker Valve, has…