http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFjMrRGPfew What happens when Trevor subjects Natalie Joy to games she’s never played before? Gamer Fail of course! Have any suggestions of games Natalie Joy should play terribly? Throw them into the comments section below. Thanks for watching! Cheers! NJ P.S. Apologies for some weird audio sync issues. It gets better as the video plugs along, and I’ll fix it for the next installment of Gamer Fail. Think you can play Psychonauts better than me? (It’s not hard!) Find it here! http://amzn.to/116Sba6 Trevor’s site! http://spillway.ca/ You can find me on:…
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How Could Microsoft Have Set Expectations Better for the Xbox One?
I work with a lot of students. And they love video games. Most of them are Xbox owners, or play Xbox at friends’ houses. Not one is excited for the Xbox One. It’s taken some digging to figure out why. They’re pretty savvy. They’ve either watched the reveal or talked with friends who have, and they’re pissed that there wasn’t much time devoted to games. I have an explanation for that — they wanted to get the platform and TV and services stuff out of the way so that they…
Love, Sex, and Arcade Games… My Summer Reads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGBFpLlFfvM Summer is almost here. Hooray! Below is a list of a few books I love. Check them out if you have a chance, and let me know in the comments what summer reading recommendations you might have. Thanks for watching! Cheers! NJ Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk http://amzn.to/18XCx8P Sweet Surrender (Sweet Series Book 1) by Maya Banks http://amzn.to/11FBHEx Ready Player One by Ernest Cline http://amzn.to/183VPtD You can find me on: Twitter https://twitter.com/njoy79 Instagram http://instagram.com/njoy79# Blog http://joy365.wordpress.com/
Leggings Are Not Pants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__QwQCs-5OY In this episode, Natalie Joy gives herself a headache, misses her daughter, and learns a valuable lesson about being a judgypants.
Screw You, Anti-Phone Demon Monster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEva-s3rRKw In this episode, Natalie learns that she has trouble pronouncing words, and celebrates the virtues of her new Samsung Galaxy S4. Feel free to leave comments and questions below!
Jealousy: My Life With Phones
Horrible. Crippling. Jealousy. I had to hit the internet to figure out how long I’ve been deep in the “hate” part of a love/hate relationship with my phone. September! It’s been since September. Pretty much the moment the first round of Windows Phone 8 devices were announced and I knew my phone wasn’t long for this world. Then my students started showing up with new phones. Galaxy S3. iPhone 5. A Lumia 920. An HTC 8X. Generous damn parents those kids have. *** I was a late adopter for cellphones…
#NJGWedding Rememberances
Remember that Sunday recently when I suggested that you should be reading nothing but the #NJGWedding hashtag on Twitter. That wedding was between Claire and Jared, two of the most amazing people you’ll ever meet. And their wedding, a blowout Jewish affair in Montreal, was amazing. There was an incredibly talented photographer documenting the entire affair, but I thought I’d put my own twist on it. I had my Moleskine with me all night, and it’s taken a little while to get around to sharing my recollections of the wedding…
One Girl. One vlog. Too Many Topics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V8q5q-Xpvc&feature=player_embedded Natalie Joy is back, folks! And this time, she’s getting in front of the camera to do a vlog! We’re going to be posting all her videos here. Do chime in and give her some feedback on it in the comments below.
Green Lantern
The “childhood hero” thing has kind of a double meaning. Yeah, I thought the Green Lantern was pretty cool, but I also idolized my dad. And in a lot of ways — in fact, in a lot more ways now than before — I still do. I was at the folks’ house the other day for Dad’s birthday and helped him move some stuff around in the basement. (That was ancillary to the birthday stuff, not how we celebrate. We’re strange but not crazy.) In doing so, I came across the old…
What is wrong with Star Trek Into Darkness?
I am an unapologetic nerd. I’m a furious devourer of minutiae and I have logged more hours on Memory Alpha than any person in a proper adult relationship has any right to claim. I have spent plenty of time on the internet talking about Star Trek, and yet here’s the thing: I don’t think I GET my fellow nerds anymore. What on EARTH are people up in arms about? I watched Star Trek Into Darkness this past weekend, and I know there’s a lot of hostility about it. There are…
Sunday Reading: 18/05/2013
Folks, there’s only one thing you should be reading today, and that’s all the tweets coming out of Claire and Jared’s wedding hashtag. Go and wish them well and see the fun! And if you’re not done reading, go check out Claire’s fantastic writing about wine over at foodiePrints. Claire and Jared are wonderful, kind people who have more than a little bit adopted Natalie Joy and I. They’re nerdy and love good food and company and laughter and are so incredibly in love. They’re some of my favourite people and…
Art and Science in Perfect Harmony: IBM’s Atomic Stop-Motion Film
Researchers at IBM have made me love stop-motion animation. Using a scanning tunnelling microscope, these fine folks have painted perfect pointillist pictures using individual atoms, and made a fun little short film about a boy and his one special atom. This may just be a smile-inducing aside to real research into quantum computing but MAN is it cute.