Frank
The administrator of Overly Positive, Frank is perpetually sunny and happy about the state of geek media today. On top of this, to the chagrin of many, he’s a morning person. Optimism is the permanent word of the day as far as Frank is concerned, and if you’re looking for a boost, he’s the guy to talk to.
By Frank on September 2, 2010
So I figure with summer coming to a close that I’d roll in and try for one more food analogy that will look really odd if I try and pull it off in the colder months. I’m convinced that the various conflicts and rivalries that people tend to attribute between MMO titles is sort of [...]
Posted in Gaming |
By Frank on August 25, 2010
Today’s return to posting starts with a hot topic that appears to have asploded the interwebs today – the debate over the used games market and whether or not gamers giving to it is the same as stealing or not patronizing the developer. This whole shindig got started at Penny Arcade and has ballooned out [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged penny arcade, syncaine, syp, used games |
By Frank on August 19, 2010
If there’s one trend I am seeing lately as I troll around the interwebz reading about, it’s the whole conflict between open world, or “sandbox” gameplay, and linear, or “themepark” gameplay. There are those who want to be shown things and guided to elements of enjoyment, and those who sort of want to discover those [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Gaming, sandbox, themepark |
By Frank on August 16, 2010
As hot and humid summer days give way to slightly less hot and humid days (for which I am grateful that some geek came up with the invention of air conditioning), my thoughts turn to the return of fall TV. Now with the advent of streaming video int he past couple years, watching tv seems [...]
Posted in Social Geekery, TV and Movies | Tagged Big Bang Theory, chuck, glee, TV |
By Frank on August 15, 2010
Oftentimes the term of “developer” or “dev”, as people like to refer to the folks behind games, takes on a kind of mythical tone to it. When you’ve seen the kinds of games that a developer studio can put out – from AAA MMOs, to awesome action games, to adventures that become iconic – this [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged developers, game developers, Gaming |
By Frank on August 14, 2010
Some of you who know me might think of this as a veiled attempt to link some new-ish Korean pop that my friend Amber sent to me. You may be right, but I do have a point behind doing it besides making your eyes bleed with cute. Really! Note: Not responsible for any catchiness that [...]
Posted in Gaming, Social Geekery | Tagged Gaming, kara, mmo |
By Frank on August 13, 2010
In my last post I talked a little bit about MMO cynics and how they do tend to feel about the latest and greatest to come through the online RPG-verse. This wasn’t entirely an accident, you see – during my time not writing, I still managed to read quite a few blogs and feeds from [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Gaming, mmo, mmorpg |
By Frank on August 11, 2010
So if you haven’t seen the very verbal, yet visually stunning “Manifesto” trailer for Guild Wars 2, go check this little bit out, and come back when you’re done feasting your eyes on it: Not surprisingly, I like stuff like this. Trailers are always fun to watch, but they are even more fun when little [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged guild wars 2, gw2, mmo |
By Frank on August 10, 2010
Update 8/11/10: Looks like this was manufactured by thechive.com. Doesn’t seem like many people care, since it was sincerely funny. Bravo! Most of the time, trying to mix an analog method with a geek method just doesn’t work at all. Using a pen to draw something on a computer screen? Employing a console controller to [...]
Posted in Computers |
By Frank on August 10, 2010
Normally in my life, I’m pretty decent at being organized. I have a productivity system that works, my mind (which gets older by the minute) is for the most part not as forgetful as a goldfish, and I think that with the various things I do I have it fairly under control. That being said, [...]
Posted in Computers |
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