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TRAUMA: Immersive Gameplay and Unique Storytelling

November 1, 2011 Nerd

Point and click adventures have been my favorite computer games ever since I first popped a floppy into a drive.  I still vividly remember watching the intro to Maniac Mansion and wondering what this wacky game had in store for me.  From that very moment I was hooked.  I grabbed a hold of as many [...]

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RetroHack: Knuckle Bump Edition

July 7, 2010 Nerd

Over at RetroHack, my partner-in-crime Ed is celebrating a great blogging milestone.  He has been published and PAID for a guest post.  With all the tips you see online about writing guest posts for free to generate traffic, here’s Señor Fisher making money from his blood, sweat and ink.  Congratulations buddy, may your words be [...]

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I’m Done With GameStop

April 19, 2010 Nerd

I’ve been feeling this way for quite sometime.  An angry tweet here, a returned purchase there, no one could mistake me for a happy GameStop customer.  It’s not the constant up-sells or pressure to pre-order or any corporate nonsense.  For me, the cardinal sin that GameStop commits on a daily basis is not caring at [...]

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Tech Blog: RetroHack

February 20, 2010 Nerd

Being a Nerd can be a tricky thing.  Topics of conversation that excite you tend to make others roll their eyes (or stare at you befuddled) while the very nature of your business lends itself to a total lack of social skills.  Socially well adjusted Nerds (aka those that got laid in High School) are [...]

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New Guard vs. Old Guard or: What Ever Happened to Mentoring?

February 7, 2010 Nerd

Computer technology has always been about harder, better, faster, stronger; always pushing for the bleeding edge in an obsessive drive toward MORE… more processors, more speed, more capabilities, more everything.  For the perpetually bored brainiac this is a lifelong passion keeping them happy until all their neurons stop firing.  For others it’s a great ride, [...]

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Social Media: Metrics for shortened URL’s

September 18, 2009 Nerd

I realize I haven’t been living up to my "nerd" end of the bargain.  Plenty of writing, film and nostalgic posts, but no real geekery of any sort.  In order to remedy this, I wanted to dig into a useful social media feature you might be unaware of.   The rise of Twitter & shortened [...]

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