Intellectual Property

Dumb Dumb wanted me to post this link (click here after watching the Dlog) so that you could all witness his genius. Back on September 17th I posted the following Dlog over on Dumb Dumb's page, and just this weekend Sean Penn decided to completely rip off our Dumb Dumb's idea. See for yourself...

New Mexico

Back when Jude was a baby, while Jess and I were working at Spring Canyon, we took a trip down to Sante Fe. The highlights of the vacation were eating out, cable television, Southwestern architecture, and "Coyote Ugly" in the local theater (Jude loved it). So since it had been a while, we decided to take the family back for a short vacation this past week. We left Monday morning and drove south for just about five hours. It's amazing how the scenery changes gradually, and by the end of the relatively short trip we were someplace so new. The weather was nice the whole time we were down there, and we enjoyed taking a walk through the old downtown area which included the Cathedral seen in the picture, as well as a bunch of fun shops, art museums and historic buildings. We ate enough Mexican food to, well enough to fill our Mexican food quota for a little while at least. We got to go swimming three times at the indoor pool where we stayed. And once again we got to enjoy the benefits of cable television, although this time we watched a lot more Cartoon Network than last time.
I hope you all are having a great time, and had a Happy Thanksgiving. See you soon.

Guiter Hero III

Nate is definitely the best brother (or at least he was last I saw) when he it comes to playing guitar hero. Recently my friend Nat got Guitar Hero III and I've enjoyed watching him become more and more skilled. He can complete songs on Expert and blows everyone else away. I marvel at the skill it takes to do well at this game and thought this video (from GH3) was too cool...I also love this song!!

Wouldn't it be sweet?...

Now I know many of you remember this one, Wings of Fury! Hours and hours of time has been spent by the brothers Crum dive-bombing the Japanese in this World War II classic, routing machine gun nests and obliterating their bunkers. I still have the 'ping' ringing in my ears from my machine gun fire hitting a running man trying to re-enter a sandbag fortified machine gun position.

Now, I know what you're all saying, "thanks a lot Ben, bring up all these great memories and then make my current gaming experience suffer because of the nostalgia for the best game ever" Well, if you do say such a thing, have no fear, I wouldn't leave you hanging like that. There are still three ways for you to play this game:

One - Own an Apple IIc and the original floppy.
Two - Download this file (sorry Thomas, this only works on PCs). Users Guide here.
Three - Play the online Flash version here.

Enjoy

A Post for Matt

You'll like it or hate it:


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I'm guessing you've already heard the Michael Bublé version, but just in case you hadn't.

Engagement Pictures

A few weeks ago Emily and I had some engagement photos taken. They have finally been uploaded to our photographers website, linked here for your viewing pleasure.

Ninja Parade

Peter, this is for you. I just found it on the Onion and thought I would share:



NOTE: I do not, by posting this video, endorse all the videos on the Onion, just this one!