BufferOverrun: Brian Johnson: Games

New Video Game Tied To Rash Of Head Explosions

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:03:15 GMT

Today's teh funny...

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Eighth grader uses flight simulator game to pass time for young chemo patients

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:53:19 GMT

Great story I caught today via the loading screen on Flight Simulator X.

Lifting the spirits of others

Future airline pilot Kevin Query has been bringing present comfort to young chemotherapy patients since mid-November.
The Traverse City East Junior High School eighth grader has grabbed his dad's laptop loaded with Microsoft Flight Simulator and headed to Munson Medical Center's Infusion Clinic. There, he sets up computer and joystick and then plays with a patient getting chemo, with the flight simulator providing a fun distraction. Hanging out for usually an hour of the three- to four-hour procedure — patients typically get tired and sleep at that point — Kevin helps make a difficult situation easier.

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Spent the day at PAX

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:07:57 GMT

Brian and Duncan with Trixie...
Originally uploaded by brianjo.

I was able to spend some time at PAX today with Duncan. He was shooting some stuff for On10. I've never been to a PAX before, so this was a real treat. Check out his blog entries on the event.

We ran into TriXie while we were there. We mentioned her in the book and she was still really excited about that, so that was nice to see. There's something very cool about how games and art and people come together at an event like this. I'm looking forward to seeing the pieces On10.