After surviving the giant traffic jam that is Seattle, I arrive at the Triple Door, ready to get my Bejeweled on. I’ve been practicing at home and I can almost get to about half of my wife’s high score, so confidence is high as I wait for the tourney to start.

I stretch out and do mental wind sprints to prepare my mind and my brain for some jewel matching frenzy.

I am wearing a suit in order to intimidate my opponents. They pretend not to notice or care, but I can tell that they are secretly terrified.

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At this point, Bejeweled has managed to seep itself into the collective gaming subconsciousness. Everyone and their mother has played some form of Bejeweled. The simple match 3 formula is unbelievably addictive. The game has been downloaded some 150 million times.

For those of you that look to Bejeweled to mellow out after a long day, Bejeweled Blitz is not for you. This is a frantic race for a high score.

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On a very special twenty-sixth episode of “Barrel Roll! - A Video Game Podcast”, the Gregory clan takes on the touchy subject of in-game advertising when they “talk about stuff”.

In “What We’ve Been Playing”, Jesse has taken advantage of the recent Steam independent game sales so he has been playing through the entire CHRONOTORIOUS album in “AudioSurf”. He then goes on to discuss the album and why you should go pre-order it right now.

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I have a Myspace, a Facebook, a Twitter, and a blog. If I want to, I can keep everyone up to date on all of my activities throughout the entire day. Thanks to the power of technology, you can find out everything you ever needed to know about shaolinjesus. Did you know I had a frozen burrito and a crappy granola bar for breakfast today? Well, thanks to the ubiquitous nature of our social networks, you can find out.

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"A Man Out Standing In His Field"

Technology is evolving at an exponentially faster and faster rate, but because it happens over time, it’s easy to be aloof to the ways it changes our day-to-day tasks. Those of us who are of an age that we can remember when things were “different” don’t often take the time to step back and try to remember what was in fact different about our experiences a few scant years ago. Those younger than us, infuriatingly, seem to completely take for granted the things that have developed in our lifetimes, and have no appreciation for how different things are. Other than communication, the aspect that technology has had the greatest effect on is probably entertainment. And just like any other form of entertainment, the lowest common denominator is a big seller. I’m talking, of course, about the genre of games hated by those who take video games seriously, “casual games”. Here’s a rundown of the casual games that I’ve been playing recently, when and where I play them, and what it all means.

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Hello Friends,

You may have noticed a few new things pop up on the site in the last day or so. We have added buttons on the sidebar for Bloglines, Technorati and for our Facebook group. We’re trying our best to get the word out about the blog, and are counting on you, the reader, to help us spread the love.

I also wanted to mention that we will be recording our first episode of the Wing Damage Podcast tomorrow night. If you have any questions, topic suggestions, comments, etc. for us, please email them to wingdamageblog [at] gmail [dot] com. You can also leave them in the comment section of this post, if you’d rather do things that way. We will read your letters ON THE INTERNET!

The show is yet to be named, and we would love for you to send in your suggestions on a good show name.

Thank you for reading, and have a great weekend!