Giant Robot Invasion!

A few years back I quit drinking soda, in a feat of endurance I’ve had trouble duplicating since. Now, once you get used to drinking water, it becomes a lot more delicious than you’d expect. But variety is the spice of me, and every now and then I desire a drink with some seasoning, if you know what I mean. Something that fits my current mood, like Snapple mixed with chili salt for bronchitis.

Enter Vitamin Water, a handy line of flavored water that gives me a burst of flavor without the calories of Comrade Coca-Cola. Well…they used to, at least. A few years back they offered Vitamin Water with only 25 calories per bottle. But the American people wanted more flavor and ran back to support Pepsi, Duke of Getting Fat. Unsurprising. Why do you think McCheese, a guy with a burger for a head, became the mayor of McDonaldLand? There’s a reason his campaign team scheduled the voting around lunch. Read More

This week we’re taking a look at The Now Habit, a book by Neil Fiore on how to stop procrastination. I’ll admit that I used to have a problem with that. I used to put off so many things, and I the only reason I did that was to finish all the OTHER stuff I put off. I mean, my father threw a tantrum ten years ago and it took me that long to get all the soy sauce out of my hair. Read More

So, I recently saw Iron Man 2. Solid action and interesting characters rule the day, though there’s a lot of needless banter and the storyline could have used some compression. Besides that, a few thoughts come to mind… Read More

Here it is – my apology for the recent lack of updates. Rest assured that I am working on ways to fix that problem.

In the meantime, you and everyone you know is a Hitler. Watch the video above and find out how much of a Hitler you really are. It’s your duty! Since, you know, you’re Hitler and all.

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Before they were 3D Realms and wasted years of our time “developing” Duke Nukem Forever, they were on-time and on the mark as Apogee Software, creating awesome games for DOS. Now you can play a ton of them! Head over to Retro Thing right now for my GIANT guest post, “The Ultimate Apogee Software Gaming Guide!” I hope it helps you appreciate the awesomeness of Apogee Software, and if you like it, send some comments to Retro Thing as well. Enjoy!

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