'Games' Category
Webmastering
The profession of Webmaster is dying. Everyday people now make websites and blogs with the help of websites like godaddy.com. Sure it costs money, but for most of us 10 dollars a year is negligible. I own several domain names, and as of today one more. I’m now in the habit [...]
Russian Pyramid
Sure, it looks the same as our pool, or billiards if you will, but its played entirely differently. Most of the skill set involved in American pool revolves around strategically placing your balls in front of the pockets so your opponent can’t get his in. In Russian billiards, all that is thrown out [...]
The Immortal Game
I was introduced to chess at a young age. The earliest I would guess being about 5 years old. I had little patience for it then and getting down all the pieces and how they moved was a real pain. Once I mastered the basics, everything else came much easier. I’m [...]
+1 sword of Ogre-slaying
Last Friday a bunch of Russians, Amanda and I hung out in an 8th century bar, outfitted ourselves for many nights in the forest, and proceeded to capture and torture some simple hell guards that stood between us and our goal of entering a cave. We weren’t in it for the spelunking adventures, we [...]
Labor Day
Missing out on national holidays isn’t so bad when you’re a Cornell graduate. There aren’t many Russian national holiday’s that people take off, but working in the AH I’m guaranteed to get them off.
I spent Sunday in Оргтруд (Orgtrud), a small community of individual houses. From first glance it looks like a neighborhood [...]
