A Moment of Clarity

Mephisto Mori/ June 29, 2013/ Video Games/ 0 comments

If I had a beer for every beer I spilled on my keyboard when I’m writing these late night posts, I’d have no keyboard. Seriously, I’m surprised this thing still works with the amount of stout that Kilimanjaros out the top of a bottle after I sip it it.  Maybe I need to drink faster to stop beer from frothing

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Another Gaming Father Confession: Baby Bjorns (Incriminating Photos Embedded)

Mephisto Mori/ June 29, 2013/ Video Games/ 0 comments

It’s Friday (before Bar Close in Insomnialand still counts as Friday) so I’m posting another Confession.  It’s a thing now. For this one we’re traveling back in time to the winter I first brought Baby Colin home and discovered a truly practical use for one of those emasculating baby torture backpacks; the buy-overpriced-baby-crap store called it a Baby Bjorn.  I

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I have a fury tonight

Mephisto Mori/ June 26, 2013/ Video Games/ 0 comments

My post about Walking Dead caused a rage from late 2012/early 2013 to resurface.  At the beginning of the year the phrase “game changer” was tossed around like an angry college girl’s iPhone.  Every site and critic was applying the label liberally and I disagreed humbly with all of them.  And by “humbly” I mean I went to every site

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Spoilers Inc: Telltale Games Plays Walking Dead

Mephisto Mori/ June 26, 2013/ Video Games/ 0 comments

Below this wall of text, I’m linking you all to a solid series of streams featuring the Walking Dead game developed by Telltale Games.  It does have spoilers.  In fact, it’s basically just the developers playing the game and spoiling it and providing commentary the entire time.  It’s a great watch.  Play the games first if you haven’t.  If you

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VG Movies Take Two

Mephisto Mori/ June 25, 2013/ Video Games/ 0 comments

I agree with much of what Juli said.  I especially agree that Advent Children is a successful video game movie. I think it worked so well because it just picked up where the game left off. It didn’t bother dumbing down and retelling a narrative that was already experienced (and experienced is a key word here). The characters were already

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Another Gamer Dad Moment

Mephisto Mori/ June 25, 2013/ Video Games/ 0 comments

While at the job that pays the bills, I noticed a video of my 7 month old son that his mother posted.  Described simply: my boy is standing!  Immediately, pride overwhelmed me.  Then I went into our toys and game section and purchased a Sonic, the Hedgehog plush.  The boy needs inspiration if he’s going to take the next step;

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Some Serious Changes

Mephisto Mori/ June 21, 2013/ Video Games/ 0 comments

Some of you may have noticed by now Winsomnia is going through some serious changes.  Plenty of new buttons and doodads are being added to the site.  A tumblr and twitter account have been created for you social media junkies. Over the next week you may notice icons shifting around and disappearing.  It may take me a bit to get

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