JEFF “SWITCH” SORENSEN NERD SPECIALTY: Music, Computers Notorious leader and grand poo-bah of the Dangerous Kids. Mild-mannered computer-tech by day, disc-spinning DJ by night. Loves it when a plan comes together. The “face” of Dangerous Kids and the sole voice of reason. Poor bastard.
Archive for the ‘Switch’ Category:
OMFG Switch cheated with another podcast!
It’s ok, baby! You know I love you! That other podcast doesn’t mean anything to me! The truth is, I’m so proud of how far we’ve come in our relationship that I HAD to do what I did! I want to show the world what they’re missing when we share such intimate moments, so — you see — I really did it for us! I feel so much closer to you now than I ever have, and I feel like I appreciate you on a whole new level! In fact, I think you’d really like that other show, and I
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DK show column #0008: The Fall of a Favorite Franchise, Part One
“When it’s done” apparently wasn’t fast enough. Yesterday, Joe Siegler of 3D Realms confirmed through a one-line forum post that this is not a marketing stunt: the development company behind Max Payne, Wolfenstien, and the Duke Nukem franchise has closed its doors for good. At the time of this writing, the official 3D Realms forum is straining under the weight of some understandably heavy traffic in a single thread that is eight hours old and 12 pages deep. It’s here, on page four of this thread, where Siegler, the webmaster for 3D Realms, offered a short confirmation after another poster
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A friend of ours has cancer. No, that’s not a joke.
Kimberly Maier, a single mother, student, and close friend of the site has recently undergone chemotherapy to fight off the remains of her cancer, and needs as much help with her bills as she can get. DK’s own Tombstone has set up a website and an account for the Kimberly Maier Fund, and anyone interested can walk into any USBank branch or click the donate button at the bottom of this post. If you have questions feel free to e-mail any of us. Kim served with almost all of us at our newspaper in college, and as scary as this
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DK Show Column #0004: A Lesson in Tactful Reporting
This just in: Gaming Journalism has lost its damn mind. Today, v4vg.com announced that Microsoft is looking for a few new employees to work on “a new experience in the Halo universe.” “Microsoft is currently looking out for lead Designer(s), executive producer(s), lead environment artist(s),technical art director(s), senior concept artist(s), and an animation director(s) for their upcoming unannounced Halo game,” according to the report.
DK Show Column #0003: There is no column, only monkey.
No column this week. Here’s a monkey:
In The Beginning: DK Show Column #0001
“So what will happen if, all of a sudden, it’s cool to be a gamer?” I originally asked this question in my old college gaming column in April 2006. Even back then, I had my mind on the social impact of an MTV-style invasion of an otherwise elite culture in which I felt I had earned my “gamer” title. And then, a few months later, the Wii happened.
