Month: September 2008

  • Grand Slam: Season Still Not Over?

    With 162 games in a season, does anyone ever really expect it all to come down to the wire? Could anyone have guessed that not one playoff race, but two of the eight playoff spots would have been decided in the last game of the season? Did you guess that of those two, one would […]

  • Embedded Reporter: The Distant Future

    Deep from the trenches, it’s time for your Monday video feature: Embedded Reporter. A good friend of mine was inspired to create this video based on a song by one of my favorite bands and featured in ne of my favorite TV shows, Flight of the Conchords. Enjoy the well done animation: Robots from djotaku […]

  • Game Overview: The Villains of Final Fantasy Week 1

    Insert another credit, because it’s time for your weekly video game news and you’ve just hit the Game Overview screen. With every Final Fantasy game there exists great (and not so great) teams of heroes bent on saving the world from some sort of evil force. While we could take a look at those heroes, […]

  • Game Overview: To Boston!?!

    Breaking news: Following the departure of Jeff Green from the GFW magazine, it seems that my actual favorite member of GFW, Shawn Elliot, is also splitting to head to 2k Boston, the game studio responsible for Bioshock. While I applaud his career move out of the sinking ship that is GFW, I have to say […]

  • Wednesday Morning Quarterback: Amazing Rays!, Streaking Marlins!, and OSUcks!

    You’ve probably heard the saying that hindsight is 20/20 on Monday morning, so just imagine how well I can call ’em two days later on Wednesday. That’s right, it’s time for Wednesday Morning Quarterback, your weekly sports round-up. It’s a real mystery. How can the Rays keep almost losing their lead only to come back […]

  • Filmmakers Bleed: Death Race Review

    I hope that those of you who read my blog could tell from the get go that Death Race would be a stinker. I mean, it’s a movie about a prison race to the death to earn your freedom, not to mention that Jason Statham, who never refuses a buck, is in it. It’s hard […]

  • Embedded Reporter: Creatures

    Deep from the trenches, it’s time for your Monday video feature: Embedded Reporter. Spore’s recent launch has got millions of creatures being created. Here is a small sampling of some creatures made by my friends. My First Spore Creature from djotaku on Vimeo. My Second Spore Creature Part 1 from djotaku on Vimeo. My Second […]

  • Game Overview: Stephen and the Colbert’s

    Insert another credit, because it’s time for your weekly video game news and you’ve just hit the Game Overview screen. In one of the more perplexing DLC moves, Harmonix has released the single “Charlene (I’m Right Behind You)” the “80s song by Stephen and the Colbert’s” on Rock Band. It’s pretty hilarious to see and, […]

  • Uncat: To Come

    Whoa guys, I haven’t got anything prepared for today, but here’s a taste of some of the exciting events and things coming up for the blog and the world in general: Stephen Colbert song in Rock Band! Rock Band 2 launch on 14 Sept! (1) USC vs. (2) OSU game on Sat! Across the Universe […]

  • Wednesday Morning Quarterback: Impending Heart Attack and College Football!

    You’ve probably heard the saying that hindsight is 20/20 on Monday morning, so just imagine how well I can call ’em two days later on Wednesday. That’s right, it’s time for Wednesday Morning Quarterback, your weekly sports round-up. MLB Baseball The Tampa Bay Rays are determined to send me to an early grave. A five […]