Trout Mystery: Solved

Shortly after posting my first query into the nature of this fishy business (ouch) I received more messages from PetTrout.
MagicSwordKing: Who is this?
PetTrout: I am
PetTrout: Are you planning to circumnavigate the globe, too?
MSK: Yes
MSK: Who is this?
PetTrout: My real screen name is (redacted) without the xes
PetTrout: We’ve been trouted.
MSK: You’re beginning to pique my interest.
I [...]

The PetTrout Conspiracy

Someone with an AIM name of PetTrout has been messaging my more public account.  This individual (potentially robot?) left me with this sage advice: “Don’t call transmissions trannies.  Please, please don’t.”
I have never called a transmission a tranny.  That term has a very specific connotation.  However, I do not know a PetTrout either, and my [...]

Dream Casts (no pun intended)

All this recent hoopla in my head over the convergence of film and gaming, my two most beloved things, has led me to draw up a few ideal casting choices for some upcoming games-to-movies, namely BioShock and Metal Gear Solid, which has the added benefit of being 90% movie anyway.
Bioshock:
Protagonist Jack: You want someone who’s [...]

Too Human: The Story of Denis Dyack

Too Human.  Two words.  It is a game that has been in development over ten years.  Originally slated for release on the PlayStation 1, Too Human has since gone through iterations on the Nintendo GameCube and the Xbox 360, where at long last it has seen release.
This story isn’t about the game, though.  This story [...]