Now playing: Order Up! (Wii)

You know how I said that I bought a copy of Chulip as a birthday present for myself? Well, I bought another game at the same time: Order Up! for the Wii.

I know it seems like a random purchase, but it isn't. I've been interested in the game ever since I read a review that compared it favorably to the Japanese PSone classic, Ore no Ryouri.

Anyway, the mailman delivered the game a few hours ago and I just finished playing through the tutorial.

My early impressions: I already like it better than the two Cooking Mama games that have been released for the Wii. It uses an art style that is easy on the eyes and well suited to the Wii, it controls well (better than Cooking Mama, certainly) and it features lots of well done voice work.

I'll spend some more time with it this weekend (after I finish New Super Mario Bros. Wii, of course), but I can tell already that my $20 were well spent.

If you own a DS, get your ass to Amazon NOW!

I just discovered, thanks to a post over at tinycartridge.com, that Rhythm Heaven--one of the best games released for the DS this year, in my not-so-humble opinion--is on sale for $9.98 at Amazon.com.

So, if you have a DS and you don't yet have this game, get your ass over to everyone's favorite online retailer and buy it NOW! I promise, you won't be disappointed--unless, of course, you hate having fun.

(While you're there, you may want to pick up a copy of the similarly wonderful Elite Beat Agents, too, as it's on sale for just $5.75.)

Surprise, surprise: Conservatives up in arms over 'dirty gay sex' scenes in Dragon Age: Origins

Actually, it isn't surprising at all. What is surprising is that it's taken them this long to make a stink about it.

Anyway, various conservative news sites (such as WorldNetDaily) are warning their readers that BioWare's recently released (for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360) Dragon Age: Origins features "graphic homosexual sex between a man and an elf."

Click through to the WorldNetDaily article for more information on the "secret scene of homosexual seduction" that is causing a stir, or just watch this YouTube clip:



I don't know which scene the WorldNetDaily writer watched, but I'd hardly describe the one above as "graphic." Of course, I'd hardly describe it as "hot," either, given that the man and elf in question look more like mannequins than real people.

Oh, well, to each his own. Right? :)

My 300th post!

Honestly, I can't believe this blog has lasted as long as it has. I have no idea how long I'll be able to keep it going, but I can assure you I'll do my best to keep it going as long as possible. Thanks to everyone who has visited!

From interviewer to interviewee

I've interviewed a lot of people in the past 10 or so years, but I've rarely been interviewed myself. Which is why I was a bit tickled when, just before Thanksgiving, I received an e-mail from a student at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

The student said he was working on an article about the changing attitudes toward LGBT characters in video games and, because of the articles I've written for The Advocate and other publications, he'd like to ask me a few questions related to the subject.

I know how difficult it can be to get people on the phone, especially when you're a student, so I agreed to talk with him whenever he's free. Of course, I have yet to receive a response so it may never happen. If it does, I'll see if he'll let me post the final product--or least the portions that include my quotes :)