Author Archives: 40 Bit Gaming

Two months after they launched, next-gen consoles are still almost impossible to get. Unless you are a ‘bot or some sentient script code, your middle-aged fingers can not click fast enough to get either an Xbox Series X or the PlayStation 5 today. Or yesterday, when I actually tried to procure one. News hit thatContinue reading “X’d Out”

Back in 1998 Madonna found her Ray of Light, Air went on a Moon Safari, and Massive Attack does whatever one does in a Mezzanine. I was a publicist for a videogame company called Purple Moon, whose hook was that it made videogames for girls ages 8 – 14. The company was founded and runContinue reading “Girl Talk”

I seem to have reached that stage in Destiny 2 where I’m just doing an endless side quests: Stasis freeze sixty bad guys. Destroy fifty Vex in Eventide Ruins. Perform 100 headshots while eating a single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man’s hat.