Leif

The 'Dark Souls' of Checkers

I’ve never been so happy that I bought a Switch Lite than right now—standing in a ridiculously long line for a rental car. At this rate, I’ll beat Tears of the Kingdom again by the time I reach the counter.

Photo I took of the kitty at one of my favorite bodegas. She was also featured on here a couple of years ago and looked a lot less grumpy then. (But she still enjoyed being petted!)

Starfield

Napa Valley’s doing a bang-up job of cosplaying as The Shire this year. – at Napa, CA

Just looked up a Wikipedia entry for an 11-year-old game, and was surprised to see that I was cited in the article for my review of it. I have no memory of writing that review, but I clicked the Wayback link, and yep, that's my style. Crazy.

Nice stroll through Ireland today with @ChrisTheHoff. (Nah, that’s the Bay Area.) – at Sunol, CA

One of my beloved childhood memories is how parents would drop us off at the Game Boy display at Walmart and we would have Tetris competitions right there, like at an arcade. The Game Boy was magical, especially when the main handheld alternative was those LCD things from Tiger.

Well, since everyone else is doing it ... I'm glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee. Here at the end of all things.

We're going to be hearing about the pope coat in discussions of the effects of AI for years to come, aren't we?

As a San Franciscan, Twitter GDC is always bittersweet.

Enjoyed finding all the toys hidden throughout the new Lotus map in #Valorant. (And there are more besides these!)

OK, this is ridiculous.

Happy New Year, y’all. Not gonna lie—this was a pretty damned good year for me overall. But I’m ready for a better one in some specific respects. – at Lake Havasu City, AZ

Did I stop to fill up in this town just so I could say I was standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona? You better believe it. – at Winslow, AZ

Pepperidge Farms remembers.

At the house on my parents’ ranch that I moved out of 5 years ago. It looks like I still live here—like I just got back from a vacation. Kind of eerie. I really did just leave everything behind and start over. (Part of the reason I drove is to bring back things I’ve missed.) – at Texas, USA

It was … O.K.

Randomly walking around, I found a new fish ‘n’ chips place. I approve.