If you were assuming that after weeks upon weeks of mega-deals things would slow down … well, you were right AND wrong! The big Steam and Good Old Games deals are done, but that doesn’t mean you should despair – there are still plenty of great sales … here are a few:

Impulse Impulse Weekend Sale, featuring loads of games discounted up to 75% off, as well as a solid pre-order deal on Drakensang: The River of Time (I reviewed the original here)

Steam: Weekend Sale the smallest sale I… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

The past year has seen interesting developments in the gear we all use: the term iOS replaced iPhone OS as the OS that started on iPhone was also on the new iPad when it took the world and Gear Diary writers by storm, Android phones blossomed and became real competitors to the iPhone, and the iPad got its first real competition in the Samsung Galaxy Tab just a few months before 2010 drew to a close.  While there’s much more that happened in the past year, I thought let’s ask the following questions of the Gear Diary Team.

1. What was your favorite gear in 2010 and why?

Kobo is running what they call a “Get-a-Gift” contest. Every day, you head to the site, sign in and scratch off your virtual entry card. You can win a Kobo eReader, coupons or a gift card! If you’re as hooked on lotto scratch-offs as I am, you’ll definitely like this contest! It goes from now until New Year’s Eve, so you have all week to win something. So far I’ve won 10% off one book; give it a shot and let us know in the comments if you win anything good!

Check out Kobo’s full blog post and contest rules, and then head here to enter.

We’ve all been there. After the holidays, when everything

Are you one of those people who orders adult movies when you stay in hotel rooms? Oh, don’t worry … I’m not here to judge you! But if adult entertainment is your thing, and you hate getting raised eyebrows from nosy hotel staff, then you might want to take a look at Fyre TV’s new FyreBoXXX.

When you hook the FyreBoXXX to your broadband connection and your television, you get access to over 20,000 adult movies from the “most popular adult studios in the industry”. Their search engine allows you to find “virtually any category, title, star, series or studio”, and “maximum customization options, libraries, and playlists provide ultimate… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

Last month I provided an introduction to the series I am now kicking off for real: a look back at the last decade as seen through the lens of a PC Single Player RPG fan. Now after getting all of the full reviews completed for my top games for last year, it is time to begin the journey in earnest by looking at five games that shaped the genre in 2009!

As a reminder of what I’m doing, as we enter a new decade I thought it was worth taking a look back at the last decade and what has been happening in the PC role playing game genre. The 2000′s saw great upheaval… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

I saw this post over at The Register and couldn’t help but saying, “Well duh!”

Swedish scientists have warned that too much sitting on your backside can provoke cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

That’s pretty obvious, you might think, but the researchers from the Karolinska Institute and the Swedish School of Sport and Health warn that the excessively sedentary are running serious risks, irrespective of how much exercise they do when they’re not plonked behind a desk, or lying on the sofa.

Those who are “already insufficiently physically active” will, unsurprisingly, “increase their risk even further by prolonged sitting time.”

Are you feeling hung over from some bad gaming purchases in 2009? Let me share some thoughts on how to apply principles and resolutions to fill your 2010 full of smart gaming choices!

Every New Years, many people make resolutions of things they will do that year to make themselves better people. I do this each year, typically with a single thing I want to work on in my personal life (and typically either better health or communications!). With the very busy Fall release season coming to a close, it is a good time to reflect on the decisions made and assess how well we stuck to our principles during the year. Looking at my own purchases this year I realized that there were changes I wanted to make in my gaming life.… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

In case you hadn’t picked up on it yet, here at Gear Diary we love our SeV wear:

So it is with no trepidation whatsoever that we point y’all to the SeV web site for their new year’s selection of (if I may repeat) sales, videos, and email options.  They’ve got jackets, windbreakers, cargo pants, and lots of other stuff on hand.  So surf on over, and stop trying to stuff all your gear in the pockets of your jeans and that one breast pocket on your flannel shirt!

Full info after the jump.… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

Image courtesy of CouponSherpa

Gluttony used to to be considered a ‘deadly sin’ … now it is a reality show! It started with televising professional eating challenges, but now each night we can tune in to see shows like Man vs. Food where someone takes on a famous local eating challenge.

Just in time for everyone to start breaking that New Year’s resolution to eat better, CouponSherpa has rounded up 41 different food challenges to cause you intestinal distress! Here is a sample:

14. Kooky Canuck
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Food Challenge: We dare you to try and eat the entire Kookamonga Burger. This monstrous burger includes four-pounds of ground chuck, two-pounds of bun, 1.5-pounds of

Do you own an HTC Dream (G1 in the USA) on Rogers? Are you already orchestrating a massive letter writing/flan mailing campaign?

First of all, step away from the creamy desserts. You know you won’t just buy one to mail, and you don’t want to ruin your New Year’s resolution within a week like that. Second of all, you don’t have to worry…Rogers is taking care of you Dream owners.… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

The saga of the Palm  Pre and Palm Pixi seems to be the saga of the little phone that could. Everyone, both tech and consumer alike, likes the interface and smirks a lot at the commercials.  But, its a slow adopter.

But, it’s a new year, and time to give the Palm Pre and Pixi some more encouragement this coming year.

With that being said, lets hear it for the Palm App store having almost 1,000 applications available for its WebOS platform!!  Woohoo!  While it pales in comparison to the 20,000 for Android and 100,000 for Apple, that still isn’t too bad.  You must remember, Palm’s App Catalog launched in June with just 30 applications.

Lets… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

I’m Continuing the tradition of answering the following questions together with you at year’s end. So read them, think about the questions for a moment, and then let’s discuss our answers…

YEAR IN REVIEW

When you consciously review your year, you may notice how little you noticed it as it whizzed past. To review is to re-view. To rewind, pause, look again. And in looking again, to see more clearly.

You may be astonished by how much happened. And how much didn’t. By how much has changed. And how much hasn’t. You may laugh or sigh to notice that your life remains its usual jumble of contradictions.

In 2009, I gained _______________________________________.

I lost _______________________________________.

I stopped _______________________________________.

I started _______________________________________.

I was hugely satisfied by

_______________________________________.

And frustrated by _______________________________________.

I am so embarrassed that I

_______________________________________.

Once again, I _______________________________________.

Once again, I did not

_______________________________________.

The biggest physical difference between me last December and this December is

_______________________________________.

The biggest psychological difference between me last December and this December is

_______________________________________.

I loved spending time

_______________________________________.

I should have spent more time

_______________________________________.

I regret buying _______________________________________.

I will never regret buying ____________________ even though with that money I could have bought

_______________________________________.

I _______________________________________ way too much.

I didn’t _______________________________________ enough.

_______________________________________ drove me crazy.

Was __________________________ crazier than ever last year? Or was it me?

The most relaxing place I went was

_______________________________________.

I feel so _______________________________________ when I write that down.

Why did I go to _______________________________________?

The best thing I did for someone else was ______________________.

The best thing I did for myself was _______________________________.

The best thing someone did for me was _______________________________.

The one thing I’d like to do again, but do it better, is _____________________.

(credit to the Chicago Tribune’s longtime columnist Mary Schmich, published originally December 2005)

My answers are after the jump…… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

2009 has been quite a year for Gear Diary.   There have been more than a few reviews and posts that have highlighted the year.  Before we all go off to see off 2009 with friends, family and loved ones, let’s take a brief look back and find out what some of your favorites have been — and what you want to see more of on Gear Diary for 2010.… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...