At long last, Netflix is available for Android on the official Android Market…and with the recent removal of device checks in the app, you can now (in theory) use it on any Android device running Froyo or higher. Today, we’re going to take a brief look at how well the app functions on two devices, one officially supported and one not officially supported: my Droid 1, and Brittnie’s rooted Nook Color.
My weekly post over at Little-Gamers is now available. Looking for a classic gaming experience, but don’t want to have to dust off your old consoles? Check it out for a list of modern titles that’ll provide you with a retrotastic experience.
Does your Droid 1 or Droid 2 suffer from a dreaded (and all too common) loose headphone jack? Here’s a quick and easy guide to fix it without taking your phone apart.
In this edition of Check it Now, we focus on Wolf Gnards. Often hilarious and always well-written, this fun site covers random bits of nerd/geek/dork culture. From their “about” page:
Wolf Gnards is a celebration of the dorkier sides of life. The blog features the best in nerd news, geeky gadgets, films, and popular culture. We nerd pop culture! Or is it, we’re pop culture nerds? Wolf Gnards dares to ask the questions that no one gives a damn about. If you’re fluent in Klingon (G’arr D’aK!) or daydream about ninjas, Wolf Gnards is the website for you.
New content goes up every few days, but from what I’ve seen, every single entry is well worth your time. Check it now!
I know there hasn’t been much content around here lately, and for that I apologize. Two of our very close friends just moved across the country this week, and we’ve found it hard to concentrate on writing (or anything else, really…) No worries, though! Our motivation and creativity are slowly returning, and we should be back to our regular posting schedule next week.
Speaking of “regular posting”, we’re currently looking into some slight format changes around here. Nothing is set in stone, but we are likely going to start focusing more on nerd and geek culture in general, rather than the review-heavy format we’ve stuck to for so long. If this shift were to occur, the site would become much more like a regular blog, rather than an attempt to emulate sites that are far bigger and more talented than us.
Ideas we currently have rattling around in our noggins: lamenting the end of physical gaming media, possibly doing some kind of cross-over conversation with the fine folks over at Epic Brew, the assembly of a long-hinted at podcast…oh, and isn’t there some kind of nerdy convention going on next week? Due to my obligations with Gameblurb and my work schedule, we’re not going to be able to do the kind of coverage we did for E3 2010…most likely, we’ll just do wrapup posts at the end of each day.
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After dozens of short bursts of gameplay, I decided I was ready to finish off Radiant Historia and move on to something new. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely LOVED Radiant Historia, and consider it to be one of the best RPGs of the past decade (which is funny, when you consider I hadn’t even heard of it a month ago!) Still, I was ready to leave the world of Stocke and Heiss behind. I figured that Memorial Day Weekend was the perfect time to go nuts and finish it off.
As of Friday afternoon (May 27th), I had just over 19 hours of time played on my save file. We had a lot going on this weekend, so I had to multi-task a bit…I spent a couple hours gaming while watching old South Park episodes, then while watching Tales from the Script (look for a review soon), and then while watching Color Me Kubrick. I took my DS with me any time we went anywhere, sometimes putting in just a few minutes at a time while waiting around at a friend’s place, or while talking with another group of friends, or while walking to the car. Finally, after what felt like forever, I finished off the game on Sunday night (May 29th) with a total playtime of 30 hours and 25 minutes. Those final ten hours felt like they took longer than the previous 20! Insanity!
Time to move on! I plan on picking up The Witcher 2 at some point, but I felt like I wanted another DS game for now. After hearing about Takashi Miike working on a Phoenix Wright movie, I decided to go through the whole trilogy. I’m only at the start of the third case in the first game, but I can already see why this series is so well liked…it’s hilarious, relaxing, and requires nothing more than your own brain to figure everything out. I know I’m late to the party on this, but I highly suggest checking them out.
Retro Thing is a site that takes a look back at all things retro. Whether you’re into old video games, A/V gear, cars, military hardware, robots, or musical instruments, you’ll find plenty of pictures and posts about the old things you care about. Make sure you have a couple of spare hours on your hands, and check it out!
This is the start of a new semi-daily feature here on Living With a Nerd, where we’ll very briefly outline one musician or group.
Today’s Daily Musician is Darwin Chamber, aka Mark Greenfield. His work in the progressive electronica scene is the stuff of legends, with his creativity and mastery of knob twiddling coming through in all his work. Most of his music has a somber yet upbeat quality to it, and is conducive to getting desk-work done (like programming, writing, etc). A lot of his tunes use older equipment, so it won’t be as complicated or grand in scale when compared to other artists in the scene, but his music is nevertheless exceptional and well-produced. You can find his homepage right here.
While one of the largest data breaches in human history is still fresh in the minds of gamers, their cries for blood have been somewhat sated by the return of multiplayer gaming on the Playstation Network, along with knowledge that the PSN Store set to make its return any day now. With things slowly returning to normal, where do we go from here?
