Monthly Archives: December 2011

Ellen gets nominated for a VGA award, Part 3: Into the belly of the beast.

Posted on December 23, 2011 by john

Okay, first let it be understood that award shows are to Hollywood as Hollywood is to normal human behavior.  That said, it was still really bizarre.  The thought that kept going through my head the whole evening was, “Reality has … Continue reading →

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Ellen gets nominated for a VGA award, Part 2: On to L.A.!

Posted on December 15, 2011 by john

Off to Los Angeles!  We flew down with Erik Wolpaw, Jay Pinkerton and his wife and Josh Weier and his wife, all Valve denizens who were up for awards, too.  Party plane!  Well, not really.  I mean, it was a … Continue reading →

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Ellen gets nominated for a VGA award! Part 1

Posted on December 14, 2011 by john

My beautiful and talented wife, Ellen McLain, was nominated for Best Performance by a Human Female at the Video Game Awards this year for her performance as GLaDOS in Portal 2.  This was fun news to receive.  I mean, how … Continue reading →

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