The boys and I are about to finish Castle Crashers, an addictive little game we downloaded from Xbox Live a couple of weeks ago. Basic side-scroller mechanics: run around, kill the bad guys, find treasure, cast spells, kiss the girl. It’s rated T, best I can tell for cartoony blood and an occasional defecating deer … Read more
I haven’t given chess the attention I’d like to give it in several years, and yet that hasn’t stopped me from considering taking up Go. Perhaps I’m just fantasizing that I’ll have time. Lea asked me to buy sugar on the way home today. I was pleased to see that sugar still comes in the … Read more
So last night my Netflix selection was that wacky “moral movie” the “Christians” created last year on a $500,000 budget. Given the nearly all-volunteer (read: unpaid) cast, and also given that Kirk Cameron isn’t exactly De Niro or Duvall, I was expecting Fireproof to be a rather cringeworthy affair. While it’s hardly a paragon of … Read more