by Matt | Mar 1, 2013 | Aggravation, Games
I was browsing over my normal lunch-hour gaming news and blog posts when I came across two that are both so perfectly timed that it can’t be a coincidence AND so completely and totally wrong. There is an article, which originated from a stockholders conference call by Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen, and an article from outspoken former Epic Games designer CliffyB, both of which are dealing with the subject of “microtransactions”. That term, when referring to video games, are fees that gamers pay for content. I’ll start with the relevant quotes before I tear them a new one…
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by Matt | Feb 28, 2013 | Baseball
After having a huge December I needed to throttle back a little bit. I went through way too much birthday/freelance money and I don’t have enough to last all summer. Luckily some more work is around the corner, but the point is that January and February were a little leaner. Combined into a single super-month of winter buying frenzy however, I’m actually quite pleased.
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by Matt | Feb 27, 2013 | Baseball
I truly love the baseball card community. You guys are awesome. I offer to send people random cards, asking nothing in return, and you guys just send awesomeness right back. You rule. Seriously.
I’ve sent out two packages in my Spring Cleaning ’13 effort so far, one for the Twins and one for the Angels. I have two more packed up and ready to go out (D’backs and Rangers) and I still need an address for the guy who contacted me about the Pirates.
In return, both Tom from Angels in Order and Dave from the unpronounceable “é rayhahn, rayhahn” (we’ll just say “Rhubarb Runner” instead, lol) sent me awesome packages in return.
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by Matt | Feb 21, 2013 | Baseball, Red Sox
A couple weeks ago, Crackin’ Wax had his first big case break. He busted all but one box of Series 1 and raffled the final one away. I bought both Red Sox slots in the break, hoping to not only get a team set (which I did, x5) but to hopefully get a good chunk of the inserts, parallels, etc. I figured, for the price of two blasters, why not. I’d be buying way more than that trying to do it via retail. Good call on my part. Here’s the loot.
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by Matt | Feb 20, 2013 | Personal
Last weekend I had a chance to do something I’ve always wanted to do, albeit on a small scale. I’ve always had a passion for the more extreme sports, although I’ve never attempted to actually participate in them. Skateboarding and BMX are probably my two favorite. Ever since I started photography I’ve always wanted to have a session with a pro/semi-pro in an actual skate park. Last weekend I had the chance to shoot a BMX team during a stunt show. A friend from work knew the team, and I got full access. The scale was incredibly small, 3 riders, 1 ramp, but it was a good warm up for a job I have coming up in a couple weeks. A few weeks from now there’s a full scale event here in town and my friend has insider access to that as well. I figured shooting the smaller stunt show this weekend would give me a good chance to get my timing down and try out a new fisheye 10-22mm.
Here are the results.
I’m really looking forward to the next event. Talking with these guys, and discussing angles before hand was a huge help. I can’t wait to shoot a full vert ramp.
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