A couple days ago, I was mysteriously struck with the idea of posting a few of my old news pieces from Idle Thumbs (written between E3 2004 and E3 2006) in my blog, both so I could share some of my only game writing with whoever the hell’s reading this, and so I wouldn’t lose it when Thumbs one day sinks into the mud and vanishes for good.

This is the last one of these, though — only two parts in and I’m already sifting through the extreme dregs of my textual contribution to the Thumb. I may do a part three of a few of my favorite news pieces from the rest of the staff, and possibly just some headlines I liked as well. (I still laugh like a retard when I stumble across “Wake Up and Smell Even More Ashes,” for instance.)

For now, though, it’s all me. Read the rest of this entry »