Brooks Brown's Lifestream

	Liked Yes, it’s self-promotion. But ever since I saw my first Augmented Reality demo, this is what I imagined.
	Brooks just foun out how delicious illegal creme brûlée is. Also – the iPhone has brûlée in it’s dictionary for some reason.
	Glad everyone loves the aug. Reality Obi. Can’t get enough of the tech myself. [#]
	Brooks was perhaps overhyped with District 9. Sorry guys, but it was incredibly predictable and the allegory for apartheid was heavy handed. 6 or 7 out of ten. Tops.
	Liked Bear Strikes Quakecon Again
	Published 2 posts. ‘Terminator’ producers file for bankruptcy, creditors include Schwarzenegger, Christian Bale, McG | ‘Terminator’ producers file for bankruptcy, creditors include Schwarzenegger, Christian Bale, McG |
	http://bit.ly/uYKqK – Tales of Monkey Island is now up for download! Continue the adventures of the Great Guybrush Threepwood now! [#]
	rt @shellshiznit Check out the front page of today’s paper here on Cologne! http://twitpic.com/ekujk [#]
	So who’s checked out the Obi Augmented Reality? [#]
	jointheclonewars.com – Our augmented reality Obi [#]
	RT @bonniegrrl: The Top Five Awful Monkey Island Tattoos! http://su.pr/2Pz7iI (RT @GreatWhiteSnark) That’s for you @lucasartsgames! [#]
	Our #Followfriday here: @Fragimus_Max @bansheedj @MrKLM, and of course @GabeNewell & @SteamPowered & @Direct2Drive for all the digital help! [#]
	Published 3 posts. White House Reveals Obama Is Bipolar, Has Entered Depressive Phase | The Onion – America’s Finest Ne Epic: KFC Has A Bacon Sandwich That Uses Fried Chicken As Epic: KFC Has A Bacon Sandwich That Uses Fried Chicken As
	Our #Followfriday here: @Fragimus_Max @bansheedj @MrKLM, and of course @SteamPowered & @Direct2Drive for digital! @angrycarbon for the <3 [#]
	Want to see how The Old Republic plays? http://bit.ly/TN56A – I’ve seen it more then a few times, an I still enjoy watching it. Voice FTW! [#]
	Played Shadow Complex
	Brooks Shadow Complex is fantastic. One of the better adventure-platformers I’ve played recently. And it’s beautiful. 100% recommended.
	Brooks is playing Netflix.
	Brooks just started playing Fable II. Join him if you can. http://raptr.com/Or1g1nal1ty.
	Brooks just beat Fable 2. What a letdown ending. Geeez.
	Brooks just started playing Shadow Complex. Join him if you can. http://raptr.com/Or1g1nal1ty.
	Liked 8-bit trip
	Lego Indy 2 is really shaping up – GamingShogun has grabbed the latest screens we released, and I still love splitscreen http://bit.ly/wruI2 [#]
	ToyFare is hitting with a Star Wars focused issue, and they have a huge Q&A about Republic Heroes. [#]
	rt @ Shellshiznit What I saw trying to get into my office today: http://twitpic.com/f4he9 — That’s what happens when you mock me on Twitter [#]
	Published 2 posts. Computer Power Test Computer Power Test
	Liked 2 videos.
	So who here wants more Star Wars goodness on their Virtual Console? Perhaps some Empire action? Super Empire Strikes Back is out on WiiVC! [#]
	rt @gamingbits The Star Wars Everybody Votes Results: Watch Episodes in order (I,II,III,IV,V,VI) and Han Solo shot Greedo 1st. [#]
	Hey, it’s not me saying those things! That is the results of the Everybody Votes channel on the Wii. You guys should have voted! [#]
	Brooks can’t wait for Batman tomorrow. It’s about time the great superheroes get their due.
	RT @midnightfeline: http://twitpic.com/f7eg2 – hey thought you might like to check out this awesome Guybrush Threepwood cake my friend did [#]
	Anyone wondering why The Old Republic won Eurogamers best of show for Gamescom? Wonder no more! http://bit.ly/1Zg5N [#]
	Published Bill Maher pt.2 (08/24/09)
	Brooks went home! Before 7! Yay!
	Brooks just started playing Shadow Complex. Join him if you can. http://raptr.com/Or1g1nal1ty.
	Liked Can you help me identify a game?
	Liked 2 videos.
	Queued 30 Rock: Season 3: Disc 1
	Queued 30 Rock: Season 3: Disc 2
	Queued 30 Rock: Season 3: Disc 3
	Pax is next week – many here are bracing themselves – too many conventions! SDCC, E3, GC, and now PAX Who’ll be there? [#]

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	Brooks XML is a specialized alphabet that can capture any kind of computer file as regular text. That sentence is now true in ‘internet’ terms, as I have sources to cite.
	rt @gamezeboIs the iPhone the perfect handheld for adventures? Find out in our review of The Secret of Monkey Island SE http://bit.ly/C0WKK [#]
	I now have a lightsaber and Stan costume for my avatar. I know it makes no sense, but it is still awesome. [#]
	rt @Xboxking I just gave @lucasartsgames 50 cents!!! BEAT THAT… I’M A PIRATE!!! —- Pirate Patch = best purchase on avatar marketplace [#]
	rt @Inkslinger Lies! Nothing is better than a chicken with a pulley in the middle! [#]
	Lets see how big the Twitter effect is -The Apprentice from TFU is up for greatest hero in a videogame – http://bit.ly/cViS7 – care to vote? [#]
	Just noticed Ben from Full Throttle is there too. Do we hedge our bets with the winner so far (Apprentice) or fight for the underdog (Ben)? [#]
	The competition is really, really rough. I’m glad we’ve got two in this group though. [#]
	Liked Creation Museum Says Black People Are Cursed by Noah: That is, that Africa is populated by the descendants of Ham. This is the argument used for centuries to justify the enslavement of black people . . . and it’s alive and well and once again being promoted.
	Our Prez just Finished an interview w/ @Gametrailers. Discussed new internal LucasArts IP. Tune in Sept 10 to hear whats up! [#]
	Liked Rick Astley vs Nine Inch Nails – The Hand That Gives You Up (BRAT Mashup)
	Brooks thinks he’s actually getting the hang of this EVE thing.
	Published pspgo.co.uk
	RT @DinkarA: For those that don’t know, the first Star Wars based "Check Mii Out" contest is up. Luke Skywalker is the topic @LucasArtsGames [#]
	I am really digging on the Clone part of the new Clone Wars game. Rex gets an awesome jetpack. I envy him. Jetpack = awesome. Agreed? [#]
	RT @DinkarA: First 2 "Everybody Votes" on Wii questions are up as well! "Who shot first?" and "Which order should the movies be watched" [#]
	Brooks just started playing Fable II. Join him if you can. http://raptr.com/Or1g1nal1ty
	While I’m here in the States, who’ll be hitting up #Gamescom in Cologne this week? [#]
	LucasArts is in Cologne for #Gamescom, I’ll be manning the community back here in SF. Can’t wait for it to start tho – should be fun [#]
	Published abitbit.com | Pure Anonymous Bits
	Thx @metoc_uk — Seems our favorite Monkey Island cannibal might just not be of this world… http://bit.ly/UOejW [#]
	Brooks cannot find the funny in The Guild. Again. Just don’t get it.
	Just wow. 5 people away from 15k followers. Gotta say – We’re flattered by the huge response to our Twitter and Facebook efforts. <3 you all [#]
	Brooks just watched the third Matrix movie. Wishes he had not.
	My coworkers in Germany should be waking up shortly to get ready for #gamescom while I get ready to sleep. Wish I were there [#]
	Liked More People Showing Up To Presidential Events Heavily Armed
	RT @TGN aThe Old Republic to also release in full French, German, & English voice audio. #GamesCom http://tinyurl.com/ox8u6v [#]
	www.starwarstheoldrepublic.de for you German fans, and www.starwarstheoldrepublic.fr for you French fans. Naturally, swtor.com for others [#]
	A little hint for tomorrow’s opening ceremonies at GamesCom. It’s gonna be so cool! http://twitpic.com/edq5a – trust me – BE THERE! [#]
	Yes, that was actually a jetpack. [#]
	Wednesday at 8:10 am at the North Entrance of #Gamescom – If you like awesome things you should go. Who doesn’t like awesome things? [#]
	http://bit.ly/ickj2 – Star of ‘Heroes’ and actor in the upcoming ‘Gamer’ loves Fracture! Yay! thanks @starwars for letting me know! <3 Milo! [#]
	Brooks spent an entire day preparing for training people on blogs, testing a website, and writing. Long day – but good day.
	RT @shellshiznit: Check out the footage from todays Clone Trooper flight!! I wanna fly next!! http://bit.ly/2l89bw [#]
	RT @shellshiznit: Here’s our rocket man to open the GamesCom show… So sweet! http://twitpic.com/eg36d [#]
	RT @shellshiznit: Here he was up close… I’m gonna drive it next! Okay, I’m not http://twitpic.com/eg39x [#]
	So – as per our conversation over the weekend – Jetpacks + Clone Wars = awesome. I believe the video has proven that formula. [#]
	I’m amazed at how big Gamescom is, and how many announcements surround it. So far – what are you guys most excited about? [#]
	rt @C_BHole complete opening of gamescom: http://bit.ly/Ga11v thanks for this show – Great vid. Rex flying through the air makes me smile [#]
	http://bit.ly/JoinCW – The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes site is now live! The Republic is in danger, and you must receive a message from Obi! [#]
	Published Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
	http://bit.ly/JoinCW – any fans of augmented reality should check it out. This is the stuff I dreamed up when I saw my first AR demo [#]

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	Brooks is researching wordpress plugins. And building the Rebel Base on Endor in Left4Dead. Guess which is more fun?
	Published Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
	Brooks if I have to run an errand over my lunch break for work, the meeting I have to return to must endure me eating Cheesesteak Shop delicious-ness.
	http://grumpygamer.com/1762780 – that story made me smile. We <3 @grumpygamer [#]
	Liked Digg Ads beta rolling out this week
	Brooks so my MacPro fried. Apple said it’d be a week, it was the videocard that died. The next week it was the Logic Board. The expenses kept piling up since I was out of warranty, and nothing fixed it. finally they said it was the heatsink. After 2 weeks of repairs and not fixing it, they gave me a whole new MacPro. Free. THAT is why you buy Apple.
	Any Star Wars fans? Republic Holonet News begins a new series of broadcasts for those who enjoy such things! http://bit.ly/e4JGW [#]
	http://pc.ign.com/articles/101/1011624p2.html – @sghetti79 Thx for letting me know! LucasArts has two of the top 25 PC games of all time! [#]
	Got a back-catalog announcement on Monday. It’s not X-Wing! I’m heading THAT rumor off at the pass! [#]
	It’s not tie fighter either. Geez guys. Be more inventive! [#]
	Last hint: of all the responses, only one right guess. Poor guy doesn’t even know he got it right. [#]
	Brooks just started playing 1 vs. 100 Live. Join him if you can. http://raptr.com/Or1g1nal1ty
	Brooks just started playing Fable II. Join him if you can. http://raptr.com/Or1g1nal1ty
	Brooks just started playing Guitar Hero: Metallica. Join him if you can. http://raptr.com/Or1g1nal1ty
	Brooks just started playing Guitar Hero World Tour. Join him if you can. http://raptr.com/Or1g1nal1ty
	RT @Char_Ell: Interesting how people are guessing backcatalog games for @lucasartsgames announcement that are already available on Steam [#]
	Liked 2 videos.
	Liked Kesslers Knigge – 10 Drogen – beim Autofahren
	Published Play Multitask on Kongregate
	Brooks is giving EVE Online a third try. 60 day game card, is that enough to finally get over the psychotic learning curve?
	RT @ctplante: Super Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi – all coming to Virtual Console! Good work, @lucasartsgames. [#]
	For those wanting all the info: http://bit.ly/EqCDI – Super Star Wars Trilogy hitting the Wii VC – also Check Mii Out and Everybody Votes! [#]
	RT @XWAFan: for those that are asking for this on XBLA, I’m sure that they will get this about the same time that VC gets Goldeneye — [#]
	For Super Star Wars I want completion screens. I remember quite well how difficult that game got! Prove you guys can beat it! [#]
	Brooks and my first few minutes away from meetings! Time to actually work!
	Published Protesters demand justice for man injured at health care town hall – Kansas City Star
	http://bit.ly/HzVht – Republic Holonet News once again brings the story of the Clone Wars: Republic Heroes to you – but now in podcast form! [#]
	Who’s buying their XBox Avatar a Piratey EyePatch for cheap or splurging on a Monkey-Head-Unlocking Cotton Swab? [#]
	Got any screenshots of your Avatar decked out in our virtual swag? Would love to see them… [#]
	rt @Luffay Nooo, you didn’t steal that idea from me here’s mine…again…. http://bit.ly/45YVrJ —Sorry if I missed you! [#]
	rt @sedington86 @lucasartsgames This is from almost two weeks ago buuut, http://twitpic.com/c3gkq – Lechuck and guybrush love movies [#]
	rt @Swishiee @lucasartsgames My avatar will sell you a used boat, or maybe even a timeshare if you’re lucky. http://bit.ly/3aZHCz [#]
	rt @jaymj99 @lucasartsgames http://bit.ly/ydZ6a —-COWBOY JEDI! [#]
	rt @gbridges86 @lucasartsgames http://twitpic.com/dkdr8 – Obi Wan! [#]
	rt @Superman64 @lucasartsgames I couldn’t really afford much so I just got the eye patch. http://www.twitpic.com/dkdfj – Easily worth it! [#]
	rt @ancalime @lucasartsgames http://twitpic.com/dk9z6 – Girl Pirate! [#]
	rt @Thryon @lucasartsgames Too see today’s modern pirate ready for all perils he may face visit http://tinyurl.com/thryon-pirate [#]
	rt @seekul @lucasartsgames My avatar is delighted by the utility of this new device. http://bit.ly/XTMa8 – Rubber Chicken with a Pulley! [#]
	http://bit.ly/MISEXBLA – Upload your Avatar shots to our Facebook page – I already started with a few of you! [#]
	Brooks is finally heading home from work. I feel less guilty coming in late, as I still did that 11 hour day. WTF?
	Published Blackwater: Stop Acting Surprised – By Gary Brecher – The eXiled
	Liked I fucking hate Juggalos.

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The real life of a nerd. His words are so spot on.

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And the fix is on.

My email, like everyone out there, seems to be simply a barometer for terrible things. Whether it is receiving a mass-emailing from LinkedIn (layoff time!) or emails from family all at once to indicate something tragic happening to a family member, groups of emails rarely have a positive meaning.

My email has another group that I hate to receive – people I don’t know. Yesterday was one of those days, too. I started receiving emails mid-afternoon, and they continued into this morning. Logging into Mail for the first time in a few days, I saw the glut of new friends to make – all asking the same question:

“Why did this happen?”

Yup – it seems there was another ‘Rage Shooting’, and within hours my mailbox filled up. Drives me nuts.

This time around it was another adult, not a child, who went out to get revenge on the world that had wronged them. At least, that’s how I immediately saw it. It was at the top of Reddit for a few moments, so I was able to read the article and garner that quickly. Turns out I was wrong.

CNN was there, thankfully, to correct me. Turns out there was two different reasons – racism and insanity. Yup – those two again. Seems every shooting ha those two ‘causes’ as far as the mainstream media is concerned.

But, I know better then to think ‘m wrong. I’ve seen enough of these to know a shooting that follows the formula of the rest. They all do. All of them. The troubling thing for me is that it’s almost become pedestrian. Normal.

They’re all ‘paint by numbers’, and it’s gotten annoying.

This time around, however, the killer kept a blog about his anger growth. Sure, other shooters have done that, but not a single one had this level of clarity. I would go into this here, but someone who understands this phenomenon as well as I do (but is able to write much better!) has already tackled it.

Mark Ames, the author of Going Postal (BUY IT!), has already made my point for me. Read through his article, then comment. My post tomorrow won’t make sense unless you do.

Done? Good. The man is dead on. And it’s damn terrifying.

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	Liked DFENS uploaded
	Liked DFENS commented on Rain Sound Effect By Clapping
	Monkey Island Special Edition is getting towards the bottom of the top 50 apps for the iphone! We can’t have that! http://bit.ly/x5Kzs [#]
	rt @Yemeth http://twitpic.com/c5kaj Wow – top paid App in Germany. @Fallen_Zen http://twitpic.com/c5jbu – Doing well in Poland too! [#]
	Clone Wars preview online right now with GamePro: http://bit.ly/CW09GPro [#]
	rt @jindofox @lucasartsgames dude, I’m only buying it once (per platform)! —And I thought our fans were hardcore (JOKING!) [#]
	Monkey Island review in USAToday! Woohooo! Mainstream! http://bit.ly/ECyUj [#]
	rt @TheGameReviews Our Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal review is now up. Check it out! http://bit.ly/m988J [#]
	Played some Lego Indy 2. How is it I’ve never seen this splitscreen style before? It’s simply awesome! http://bit.ly/LIJSplit [#]
	rt @gamingbits Topping the charts on Amazon’s Xbox LIVE bestselling games too, I see: http://tinyurl.com/lcmfpm Congrats! [#]
	rt @WadjetEyeGames Apparently, I am a lucasarts veteran. http://bit.ly/yaZVe – Glad to have you aboard? <3 TG,P [#]
	rt @friarcanuck You just fixed what was wrong with the Lego series: split screen co-op —-Just wait til you see the new cutscenes! I dig em [#]
	http://bit.ly/Muggnitude – The Empire Muggs Back is live – custom Mighty Muggs created by famous artists (Robot Chicken!) $ Goes to Charity! [#]
	Published 3 posts. StarWars.com | The Empire Muggs Back www.thrfeed.com xkcd.com
	Alright guys – have a great weekend. And if you’re in Europe, jump on your Wii and grab Tales of Monkey Island! It should be out now! [#]
	Liked is human response really this fast? i’m not sure level 5 is possible.
	Liked is human response really this fast? i’m not sure level 5 is possible.
	Brooks just started playing 1 vs. 100 Live. Join him if you can. http://raptr.com/Or1g1nal1ty
	Liked is human response really this fast? i’m not sure level 5 is possible.
	Liked is human response really this fast? i’m not sure level 5 is possible.
	Liked How to Sacrifice Blood for Edward from Twilight
	Liked How to Sacrifice Blood for Edward from Twilight
	Brooks The iPhone is more powerful then the Wii. Really? Who says this stuff?
	Played Robotron: 2084
	Brooks lives Fat Princess. It is Power Stone x Team Fortress, with a little cuteness thrown in.
	Brooks anyone on PSN tonight? Add me : D-FENS
	Liked Hey reddit, what would you do if you found out that your girlfriend had just kissed two guys at a party in which you weren’t in attendance?
	Liked Nick Pitera Sings Both Parts Of "A Whole New World"
	Brooks just started playing Halo 3. Join him if you can. http://raptr.com/Or1g1nal1ty
	Brooks finished off all his wine this evening. All the extra bottles. Yay! Room for more!
	Liked Bill Maher says America is a Stupid Country
	Brooks gets to work at The Ranch today for the first time. My boss has a helluva home.
	Looks like I’ll be heading up to Skywalker Ranch for meetings later today. For you guys, that means photos [#]
	RT @Tex8503: @lucasartsgames @telltalegames Coverage of both new Monkey Island games is up at www.SleeperHit.Net – check it out and RT [#]
	http://bit.ly/PrC8I – Love my 501st friends. They put so much time into those costumes! [#]
	Liked Damage Plan’s Man’s Worst Enemy
	Liked Master Splinter has taught you well…
	Brooks Off to sleep for the night, finally. Too much SketchUp for the evening, and too many huge meetings tomorrow.

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