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  • Posted on November 2, 2020November 24, 2020

My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee

Those who know me (and have read my blog over the years) know that I spent quite some time working for Scott Miller & George Broussard of Apogee Software (later 3D Realms).  Was probably the single most fun job I’ve ever had in my life, and to this day, I still wish the old team […]

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“Game Over” Atari 2600/E.T. Documentary

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  • Posted on November 21, 2014November 21, 2014
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I just got done watching the documentary from Microsoft called “Game Over”, which is the story of the Atari 2600 and the E.T. cartridge being buried in a landfill in New Mexico.  Wanted to write about it a bit, because several parts were pretty powerful for me.

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on August 5, 2009July 30, 2020

My Xbox 360 Died Part III

If you’ve followed my blog at all, you may remember that my second Xbox 360 died in March of 2008. I talked about it here. This after my original 360 died back in Feb of 2007. Well, my third unit has now died, too. I posted about it on a private forum I belong to […]

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Breaking the Money System in Animal Crossing Wii

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  • Posted on January 10, 2009April 19, 2011
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I’ve been playing a lot of Animal Crossing: City Folk lately. I was hooked on this game in the last iteration on game consoles (that being the Gamecube version). This new one is mostly the same, and that’s a disappointment, but there’s enough small stuff changed that it doesn’t feel 100% like the old version. […]

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Iron Chef America

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  • Posted on August 24, 2008April 20, 2011
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I was a fan of the original Iron Chef show from Japan, and watched Iron Chef America for a time. It’s a respectful enough sequel to the original, unlike that fiasco with William Shatner. Anyway, I guess I should have expected this. A videogame based on Iron Chef. But I wonder how the heck it […]

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My Xbox 360 Died Part II

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  • Posted on March 15, 2008March 30, 2016
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As the two or three of you who regularly read this blog might remember, back in February of 2007, I had a problem where my original Xbox 360 died. My original Xbox 360 was bought on January 1, 2006, and lasted until February 3, 2007. At that time, I had been just out of warranty, […]

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My Zaxxon Never Looked like this

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  • Posted on April 11, 2007
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My Xbox 360 Died

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  • Posted on February 3, 2007March 30, 2016
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Saturday is the day my wife works, and Daddy gets to take care of Samantha. As that’s gone on awhile now, I’ve gotten better at it, and I find true enjoyment at spending time with my daughter, and watching her grow up right in front of me. Still, I do enjoy nap time. :) So […]

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A History of Video Games

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  • Posted on January 3, 2007
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Ran across a cool link over the holidays. It’s a nice story by PC World magazine on their website. It tells the story of video game consoles. That much is not new – it’s been done a bunch of times before. What is new (to me) is the inclusion of old TV commercials for the […]

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Xbox 360

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  • Posted on January 14, 2006
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So far I have to say I’m enjoying my Xbox 360 a lot. Part of it is the rarity thing, since they’re still not terribly easy to get, the fact that I have one alone is cool. But what’s terribly fun to me is the interface of the system. It is always available no matter […]

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on December 31, 2020

2020 Deaths Playlist

For the last 5 or 6 years or so, I’ve been keeping a “xxxx deaths” playlist in iTunes.  Whenever I hear of some musician I know and like something from, I’ll add a song for them to my playlist.  As today is the 31st of December, it struck me as a good time to put […]

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 26, 2020

Human Feel

On the surface this is a music post, but it really isn’t. It’s about human emotion and feelings. Before I get to that…

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020November 24, 2020

My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee

Those who know me (and have read my blog over the years) know that I spent quite some time working for Scott Miller & George Broussard of Apogee Software (later 3D Realms).  Was probably the single most fun job I’ve ever had in my life, and to this day, I still wish the old team […]

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on September 24, 2020

George Takei

I’ve known about George Takei for probably my entire life, as I was watching Star Trek as far back as the 60’s (in a playpen, but still)…  As the years went by I learned he was way more than just an actor, he was an activist for any number of things, including gay rights, but […]

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on August 29, 2020

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

My review of the third Star Trek film where the Enterprise blows up.

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

My review of arguably the best of all of the Star Trek movies, “Wrath of Khan”.

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  • Posted on July 22, 2020

Blog Overhaul

Today I installed a totally new theme on my blog.  I did something I’ve wanted to do for ages, was install a dark theme blog. Problem is that most new themes for WordPress don’t have plain blog themes.  They’re all eCommerce this, or publishing that.  The good ol fashioned blog format has kind of fallen […]

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on July 2, 2020August 2, 2020

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

My review of the first Star Trek movie from 1979.

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  • Posted on June 19, 2020July 22, 2020

HTTPS

Just a quick note that I’ve enabled SSL on here.  My blog is now an https site.

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  • Posted on April 7, 2020July 22, 2020

Pearle Scarboro

Those of you who have followed my stories about my days at Apogee/3DR will know one of my friends then was the late William Scarboro.  He died of an asthma attack at age 31.  That was really sad, and whenever I turn my thoughts to the past, I’m sad about that. I wish my old […]

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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

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  • Posted on July 7, 2003
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  • Posted on July 7, 2003
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I went to see Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines over the weekend. I, like most folks hold Terminator 2: Judgement Day up as one of the greatest action movies ever. That still holds up today, as I watched T2 the night before going to see T3. T2 is still great. I was surprised at […]

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Austin Gaming Expo 2003

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  • Posted on July 28, 2003
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  • Posted on July 28, 2003
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Over the weekend, my brother and I attended the Austin Gaming Expo which took place in Round Rock, Texas. Most of it was related to classic gaming, with a big emphasis on the Atari 2600, but there was more modern stuff there (in fact, there were two seperate Halo tournaments going on). It was nice […]

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Kira is 3!

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  • Posted on July 31, 2003
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  • Posted on July 31, 2003
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One of my two Tonkinese cats just had a birthday yesterday. Kira Nerys Siegler turned 3 yesterday. She was the first of our two Tonkinese cats, and is a wonderful cat. She’s a great lap cat, a cat who loves to climb up on you and sit on your chest if you’re in the right […]

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