http://www.distractedbyair.com the situation is hopeless, but not serious. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:10:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First, let me explain my connection to the first Mass Effect—it was my video game gateway drug (and by drug, I mean game). Before Mass Effect, the only game I'd ever finished by myself on a console was Top Gun on the original Nintendo. I couldn't even finish Super ... http://www.distractedbyair.com/archives/912 Cruising around kotaku instead of being productive, I decided to read the the article about the price-slashing war between GameStop and Wal-Mart. After breezing through the article, I started reading the commentary. Now, if you don't read kotaku, you may not know that the commentary about the article can often ... http://www.distractedbyair.com/archives/907 Heinously evil triple crosses in Mass Effect! http://www.distractedbyair.com/archives/902 Yesterday, Nathan decided to wake me up from a nap. As usual upon awakening, I wasn't quite able to make use of the English language. Or any language, for that matter. The most I could get out to answer his questions was a muttering that can't really be rendered with ... http://www.distractedbyair.com/archives/751 I picked up KRAD's A Singular Destiny from B&N the other day (along with a few other books, as B&N is a very dangerous place). Yesterday I read one passage that was a list of Starfleet casualties from the most recent Encounter of All Encounters with the Borg (said Encounter ... http://www.distractedbyair.com/archives/748 Halo Wars Demo Platform: Xbox 360 I played the demo available on the Xbox Live Marketplace and was underwhelmed and perhaps somewhat whelmed. I liked all the aspects of it (even the controls didn't suck) except one—the camera. It won't zoom out far enough so you can see the entire map. If ... http://www.distractedbyair.com/archives/731 Yesterday, I dropped something and broke it while I was in the kitchen. I said, "Bitch. Bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch—" Nathan interrupted from the living room and said, "No matter how many times you say it, your mother isn't going to appear." I'm so proud. http://www.distractedbyair.com/archives/728 I have a confession to make. I have never seen the ending to Super Mario Bros. ...or Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, TMNT, Jurassic Park game for Sega, or any of the Sonic the Hedgehog games. For a long time, I thought it meant I sucked at video games in ... http://www.distractedbyair.com/archives/725 Somehow, I ripped another hole in my favorite pair of pajama bottoms. The legs are too long and they have a habit of creeping under my heels, especially when I stand up. Most of the time, I manage to remember to remove said pajamas from under my heels before I ... http://www.distractedbyair.com/archives/722 Dear Next Door Neighbor, If your car has a horrible, high-pitched, repeating squeaking noise coming from your engine, a noise reminiscent of a hundred tiny mice being horrendously tortured—for the love of all that is good and holy in this world, do not let it run for twenty minutes before driving ... http://www.distractedbyair.com/archives/720