Verizon is giving away one million Xbox points this afternoon. The rumor is they’ll give 500 points to anyone who visits their site at 6pm EST today. 500 points is enough to buy Uno with 100 to spare, so get ready!

You wouldn’t think so, but playing Uno with random people on Xbox Live is tons of fun. The people who play it are actually NICE! I’ve made E-FRIENDS with total strangers! Our love of Uno unites us, and no one can tear us apart. When I play Marble Blast I usually get trash-talked by 12…

50-year mortgages? Ho-lee-moley. Only in California. I can see the value of getting one of these and then refinancing a few years later when your earning power increases. But if it doesn’t increase enough then this kind of loan can be a big gamble. Kind of like ARMs! With real estate as expensive as it…

Culdcept was one of my favorite PS2 games ever! The series has a big following and lots of sequels in Japan, but when it hit the US sales were horrendous. Finding a copy was next to impossible. I had given up all hope of Culdcept returning to US shores, but Culdcept Saga is coming to…

I used to go to E3 all the time. While it was usually a lot of fun, it was also a draining, exhausting experience. It’s loud, crowded, and there’s just way too much going on for you to ever feel like you’ve seen everything. I stopped going once I realized that just following E3 coverage…

My Xbox360 has a weblog of its own. It’s keeping close tabs on me! I’m trying to unlock the “Endless” achievement in Bejeweled 2, and that involves quite a bit of playing. The farther you progress, the longer the levels take to complete. After about two weeks of playing in Endless mode I’m at level…

Drinking Gin Like a Civilized Human BeingPart 3 of 3The Classic Dry Martini I’ve saved the best for last. At its best, a true martini is a stroke of genius, a work of art, and a steamtrain to Betty Ford. The martini turned Dick Van Dyke into an alcoholic, and it’ll work its magic on…

Drinking Gin Like a Civilized Human BeingPart 2 of 3Gin and JuiceI don’t know if the whole “Gin and Juice” phenomenon really started in the ghetto, but the way Snoop Dogg talks you’d think he had a patent on it. It’s really just a gin screwdriver. That alone doesn’t sound like much, but it’ll knock…

At the wedding I went to last weekend I think the 60-something bartender was maybe a little retarded. That didn’t stop her from throwing plenty of attitude, though. I walked up to the bar and ordered a Tanqueray martini. She looks me straight in the eye and goes “I only have gin.” Tanqueray IS gin….

It’s a little buggy, a little slow, and there’s no sound, but the first Nintendo 64 emulator for the PSP was released this week. It’s called Daedalus.