http://www.chrominance.net Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:16:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Oh, hey. Is this thing on? So if you're into this whole video gaming thing you've probably heard about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 not having dedicated servers on the PC. The basic concept behind dedicated servers is that unlike most console games, where one of the players hosts a ... http://www.chrominance.net/2009/10/talkin-bout-dedication/ So maybe you've seen this Nielsen report on video game usage in the States. Of course, as with most things related to console gaming, the first thing everyone's latched onto is the never-ending console fanboy war: did your console of choice win the day, or did the foul and evil ... http://www.chrominance.net/2008/06/how-do-americans-spend-their-gaming-time/ The past couple of months have been a bit strange for me and my usually peachy relationship with music. I don't know why 2008's been so troublesome, but never have I felt so old and just plain out-of-it as I have this year. I always expected that as I grew ... http://www.chrominance.net/2008/05/guilt-has-nothing-to-do-with-it-long-blondes-lees-palace/ Muxtape is neat! http://www.chrominance.net/2008/03/i-made-a-mixtape-just-for-you/ Sins of a Solar Empire contradicts a lot of conventional wisdom. It's a game for the PC, which obviously no one uses for games any more except World of Warcraft. It's a real-time strategy game that mixes in a lot of elements of 4X games like Civilization and is fairly ... http://www.chrominance.net/2008/02/a-bizarre-video-game-equation-no-copy-protection-complex-strategy-game-top-seller/ I watched the return episodes of some of the late night talk shows—Letterman with writers, Conan, Leno, Stewart and Colbert without—and I've got questions. Leno, of course, has been excoriated for saying he wrote his opening monologue, which explains why the show seemed to display about the same level of ... http://www.chrominance.net/2008/01/scabby-or-really-scabby-the-return-of-late-night-talk-shows/ Boxing Day is here again, but lately it seems like the Christmas after Christmas hasn't been quite as exciting for the shopaholic as in the past: According to a Visa Canada survey, more than five million Canadians planned to hit the shops on Boxing Day. After electronics, the most sought ... http://www.chrominance.net/2007/12/boxing-day-aint-what-it-used-to-be/ This and this are my two favourite things for today. Seriously, her heart is bursting with cute animated robot empathy. BURSTING. http://www.chrominance.net/2007/12/cute-overload-robot-edition/ The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board has commissioned a set of ads about accidents in the workplace. And by all accounts they are fucking horrifying:One TV spot features an exploding gas canister that blows a construction worker off the side of a building. Another shows a young chef slipping ... http://www.chrominance.net/2007/11/while-her-skin-peels-off-in-bloody-ribbons/ So the new Zunes are out, and as competitors to the iPod lineup they look quite good. The in-player interface, often cited as a huge selling point for iPods, seems to work well on the Zune, and looks gosh darned pretty to boot. The price points are exactly the same, ... http://www.chrominance.net/2007/11/wanted-one-portable-mp3-player-hold-the-software/