How to Sign Up for Final Fantasy XI / Playonline

Here's a tutorial video I put together on how to sign up for a Playonline / Final Fantasy XI Trial account. The fact that the video is over 20 minutes long should say something about the way they have it set up. The game itself is fun, but the process of getting signed up is absolutely abysmal.

Any suggestions or comments on the video? Let me know.

Mega Man 2 Intro Contains Music From Mega Man 1 Ending

I bet you never noticed this, but I think it’s pretty neat.

40 days and 40 nights in Minecraft

There are two types of people in the world: Those who play Minecraft and those who don’t.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview: Metro Apps

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview comes pre-installed with a good selection of apps, and depending on what your needs are, you might not ever have to leave Metro. Here’s a look at some of the major applications bundled with the installation, and a couple others I tried.

Best Games You Probably Haven’t Played: Tower of Heaven

Chances are pretty good that you haven’t played Tower of Heaven. Heck, I’d even say that it’s pretty likely that you haven’t even heard of it.

Percentage of Star Trek Episodes that Include Weapons Fire

That was my exact query on Google, and I came up with nothing useful.


Subsequent queries where I altered the phrasing, dropped words, changed what I was asking, and so on yielded nothing useful. Why was I looking for this information? Let me tell you.

How to Listen to Music From Old Video Games

I like video game music, and sometimes I want to listen to it outside of the context of playing a game. For newer games, soundtrack CDs or MP3s are available in many cases, but for older games you’ll have a little more difficulty getting the music into your media library.

A quick search on Google will yield plenty of results if you want the music for a more popular game (like, say, Final Fantasy VII), but what if you want to listen to something that you enjoyed that wasn’t quite so mainstream?

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to listen to music from older game systems.