Author Archives: Roker

About Roker

I love the city I live in and I love videogames, music, vinyl, headphones and hi-fi gadget stuff.

Roker going Vegan? No way, Michael Buble!

One of the areas I am now thinking of getting an apartment, is in the not so hip area of BK near Prospect Park.  I want to be able to bike around like an idiot to keep my self healthy … Continue reading

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Living in a gentrifying neighborhood …

I know one of my “famous” posts was about my run-ins with the hooligans in Bay Ridge on my way to a store to get a turkey club sandwich.  Although that story was true, I embellished a little when it … Continue reading

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I’m back!

Wow.  I guess trying to start a new job in the big city, living in a new apartment, spending time and energy in a relationship, is a lot harder than I thought!  Anyway, I happened to take a look at … Continue reading

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Sorry for the lack of updates

A few things needed fixing on this website and I’ve lost nearly all my pics now. I’ll have a new post in a few days for sure.

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The White Monolith

Once again, living my life according to movies has continued to hinder my progress as a human being and upstanding citizen.  I thought by 2001 we’d have flying cars, awesome space ships, evil computers, and the space baby to deal … Continue reading

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In a galaxy far far away exists … Japanese Star Wars!

We live in a great modern time when games from the olden days can now be downloaded onto your computers and emulated for our liking.  I’m talking old school Nintendo games.  I’m pretty sure I’ve played all the games I … Continue reading

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Reasons Why I’ll Be Sporting a 32GB iPhone 4 For Now On

Ok, I messed up, BIG TIME.  I don’t know why I assumed 16GB would be enough for me.  Probably because my 16GB 3G had a good 8GB left of free space for most of it’s life with me.  I just … Continue reading

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Impulse Buys and Why the iPhone is Going To Break Me

Mobile gaming … sigh, it seems like it was just yesterday when I downloaded a game off my Nokia 6800 and said to myself, “WOW, what a piece of shit!”  It made first generation Gameboy games look like works of art … Continue reading

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Best Wikipedia Entry, Ever!

I think this is a great idea.  Make a Wikipedia entry entertaining and informative.  I know it could backfire, especially with the millions of wannabe comedians that live on the internet, but in this case it worked out great.  It’s … Continue reading

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Memo to Early Adopters: Screw You!

I’ve never been a person to adopt something early in a products lifecycle.  It always seems like the first version of any product is a beta, especially in this day and age where companies are pressured to release a new … Continue reading

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