creative riff » love http://creativeriff.com Stuff. Blended. A blog for the age(s). Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:03:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Why is it that I long for NBA Jam? http://creativeriff.com/2010/01/15/nba-jam/ http://creativeriff.com/2010/01/15/nba-jam/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:35:00 +0000 Ruth Loose88 http://creativeriff.com/?p=1193 It has been a long time coming. Hi, I am back in the saddle again. The first semester at the VCU Brandcenter is long over and I am beginning to take back the physical detriment it caused my body. Weight gain aside, I am becoming so much more involved in the advertising process.

So where does that leave me for the second semester? Longing for some NBA Jam. Yes, the game franchise that began on SEGA Genesis has had more staying power than anything else I have encountered over the past month. Fans of Saturday Night Live will remember Andy Samburg’s turn as a victim of ADD ("Automatic Death Disease") fulfilling his wish to commentate a professional basketball or football

Continue reading]]> http://creativeriff.com/2010/01/15/nba-jam/feed/ 0 My question made it on the Giant Bombcast [giantbomb.com]! http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/22/my-question-made-it-on-the-giant-bombcast/ http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/22/my-question-made-it-on-the-giant-bombcast/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:24:53 +0000 Ruth Loose88 http://creativeriff.com/?p=974 bombcast_backgroundGiant Bomb.com, for the unintiated, is a huge video game wikia that also licenses said database to companies and research firms while providing daily news and updates for surfers. The wiki part of the website just turned one yesterday and is now available as an iPhone application in the iTunes store. The site also has daily reviews, previews and content submissions by video game industry veterans Jeff Gerstmann, Vinny Caravella, Brad Shoemaker and Ryan Davis - all former Gamespot employees who left after the Eidos review bribery scandal in late 2007.

Each week the crew at Giant Bomb does a two-hour podcast wrap-up of the previous week and talks about upcoming releases, taste tests sodas and

Continue reading]]> http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/22/my-question-made-it-on-the-giant-bombcast/feed/ 0 The Queen’s English – Rock Band Beatles at E3 http://creativeriff.com/2009/06/04/the-queens-english-rock-band-beatles-at-e3/ http://creativeriff.com/2009/06/04/the-queens-english-rock-band-beatles-at-e3/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:12:52 +0000 Ruth Loose88 http://creativeriff.com/?p=514 letitbeet I've been updating and fixing family computers and selling my stuff on eBay among other trivial stuff this week (I also started jogging again. Yay!). You know it has been a long time since your last update when you see that there are 5 plugin updates upon logging in. Whew. I assure you I am alright and will post more often (the beach took it out of me).

Big news this week in the video game world with Rock Band Beatles. The game is shaping up to truly capture the band's dynamic range. Two videos have popped up thanks to E3. Check both out and try to fight back those feelings rushing back to you. Yeah

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