Are Twitter and Facebook a necessary evil? The week I’ve spent boycotting Twitter hasn’t amounted to much. The Plurk App and website function well. The graphic timeline and the additional features are good. But it’s empty. Searches for my various interests, iTouch, and PS3 don’t give up lists of familiar developers, PR Reps and gamers. [...]
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A Great Geek Gone
Posted by geek-woman on January 21st, 2010
Some of you may have seen my sad, pathetic Tweets last week when I received the news that my older brother had been found dead on a cliff off a hiking trail in California. He was an expert hiker, in great shape and it was a total shock to have him suddenly gone. The guy [...]
Pinball Hall of Fame: Williams Collection PS3 Review
Posted by geek-woman on October 20th, 2009
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection was released this fall for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 from FarSight Studios and Crave Entertainment. In their time these were thought to be some of the greatest pinball machines made.The strength of the game is the attention to detail that was made in reproducing these old cabinets. [...]
Brutal Legend PS3 Review
Posted by geek-woman on October 19th, 2009
Brutal Legend has brought something new to the music game genre. It succeeds due to the assimilation of several different types of game play forged together with metal. Critics are struggling to label this game along standard genre lines. The story is what drives this game, not the pigeon holed expectation that a game has [...]
Nancy Drew Ransom of the Seven Ships PC Review
Posted by geek-woman on July 21st, 2009
The Nancy Drew mystery adventure games have been a staple girls franchise. This is the 20th in the series from Her Interactive. The games are a good mix of puzzles and point and click adventure on PC. This one is no different. It is a sure bet for a few hours of diversion on a [...]
