Archive for December, 2006

New Years Eve Eve - The Flaming Lips

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

I was gonna write a long entry about our great day in San Francisco, about how pumped Rachel was to see The Flaming Lips, how great the hotel room her dad got for us was, but in the end I just need to get it out. We met Wayne Coyne, lead singer of the Flaming Lips outside the hotel.

Wayne Coyne and Us

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Nintendo Wii Controller On Mac OS X

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

http://homepage.mac.com/ianrickard/wiimote/ (from slashdot )

I can’t wait to try this.

Website Update

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

I’ve updated my website, pauloppenheim.com. Most notably, I have added a photo gallery which has the requisite cat picture:

fat kitty

Technobabble after the break…

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Videogame Storytelling Revelations From Beating “Killer7″ and “Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening”

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

I recently beat Capcom’s “Killer7” on the Gamecube, and Nintendo’s “The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening” on the original Gameboy. There’s a painful contrast between cliche existentialist storytelling and decent gameplay. Spoiler warning?

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