Entries by Abby McVay

Libraries have always had their different tactics to keep kids within their walls. Usually those tactics actually involve books though, well now they’re tossing in video games like Guitar Hero and “Karaoke”.
They are actually conducting a study involving several libraries throughout the country to see if the video games make kids smarter and increase [...]

Although thus far there still isn’t a Batman game out to go with the new movie. Many of us geeks are willing to overlook that and still have an Xbox customized with The Dark Knight logo on it.

The Solid Alliance has yet again provided me with a good laugh on this Friday morning. Which is good because my caffeine won’t seem to kick in enough to wake me up. They have yet another ridiculously designed USB drive.

Actually, it’s just the case that’s really made out of Legos, the rest are your usual computer parts. However, for once there is a Lego DIY project that isn’t multi-colored.
The ones that have all of the different colors tend to make it look even more like the project of some prodigy ten year old. [...]

Instant messenger is always a lot easier than having to sit and talk on the phone, at least for me. However, since it is so casual and just in the home, I have a tendency to get distracted and wander off. That means I have on occasion forgotten to let the person I’m [...]

Blizzard’s new Achievement system has a great many of us curious as to how it will work and if we’ll see it as either an improvement or just a nuisance. Thus far we know only a few details about the upcoming Achievements and how they will work.
Jeffrey Kaplan decided to give a few more details [...]

Finding a bag that is overly feminine can mean a great many things. For some it’s some bright pink monstrosity, for others it is something a little more understated.

If you’re starting to think your gaming setup is looking really good, you might checkout this snapshot. Which was created purely to make the rest of us green with envy.

If you still have a couple friends who are holding out on playing WoW, now is the time to put a bit more peer pressure on them. Once you recruit a friend that signs up for 2 months and puts you down as a reference, you will get a shiny new Zhevra mount.

A teen in Bangkok decided to stab to death a taxi driver. According to him, he just wanted to see if it was as easy as it was in GTA. He apparently chose the taxi driver due to his age and stabbed him to death when he started to fight back.