About

Dr Crankypants is written by Jim Mock.

Me, channeling Mars Blackmon with my Jordan 4s in the “What The?” colorway

Why Dr Crankypants?

Dr Crankypants has been my Xbox Live gamer tag since 2007ish, and the domain name was available so I figured why not 🙂

About me

Dad to twin teenage boys. East coaster. Ex-Portlander. Console gamer. Air Jordan addict. Apple nerd. Web developer. Boston Red Sox, Chicago Bears, and Portland Trail Blazers fan.

Battlefield

In early 2019, I switched to playing Battlefield 5 on Xbox after previously playing it on PlayStation since its release in November 2018. I eventually ran into a guy named oCRAZEYHORSEo who kept following me around and sending me to Xbox party invites. At first, I ignored him, but on the 3rd or 4th day of invites, I joined his party.

He convinced me to join his Battlefield platoon called ICE, and I’ve been a member ever since. Currently, I am one of the admins of the platoon, which has over 450 members. Typically, we have 4 to 20 members playing together on any given night. Our community of Battlefield gamers has grown significantly, and we continue to expand.

If you’re a Battlefield 5 player on Xbox, come find us online and play alongside one of the best gaming communities around.

Computing Gear

Most days, I switch between a 13" M3 MacBook Air (Midnight, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD) and an 13" M4 iPad Pro (Space Black, WiFi+Cellular, 256 GB) depending on what I’m working on.

If I’m at my desk, whichever device I’m using is usually connected to an Apple Studio Display.

My phone is an iPhone 16 Pro. Not a whole lot to say here, but I love pretty much everything about this phone.

Gaming Gear

I’m currently bouncing between two consoles. I mainly use an Xbox Series X, but I also have a PlayStation 5 Slim Digital Edition that I’ve been playing on recently. Both are connected to a not-fancy 50" TCL TV I picked up for $200 at Walmart a few years ago.

On the Xbox, I use a Razer Wolverine V3 Pro V3 controller, and Microsoft’s Xbox Wireless Headset (2024 version).

On the PlayStation, I’m using a PlayStation DualSense Edge controller and the PlayStation PULSE 3D wireless headset.

About the site

The tagline is part of a line from a song called Nights Like These (lyrics, video) by Lucero:

She had a weakness for writers
And I, I was never that good at the words anyways

As of mid-December 2024, the site is running ClassicPress.