From the first time I played Super Mario Bros., I’ve always loved platform games. Unfortunately, the genre has been pretty dead ever since Gex. Fez, from Montreal-based start-up Kokoromi, looks ready to change that. The game is so creative that words just don’t do it justice.

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My second grade class just finished book three of Up and Away yesterday. It’s the last book of the series they’ll do, since they’ll be third graders and switching to the normal buxiban classes soon. In my normal classes, we really don’t play games much. With 30 students per class, they just [...]

Tonight, I went to the only non-creepy bar in town and learned a fun drinking game with dice. It’s called 吹牛, and it’s basically a Chinese version of Bullshit. Here’s how it works:

It’s been two more wonderful days of hanging out with old high school friends and serious geeking out. On Friday, I went over to Dan’s place with Chris (another high school buddy), Aubrey, Matt and Robb. Since Dan and Chris have never been too keen on being photographed, I decided not to put their picture [...]