Ursula LeGuin has a funny essay cautioning against actually meeting the writer behind the breathtaking works of genuis that you love to read, because you might find out that the creative genius is kind of a weirdo who mumbles and has bizarre theories about tungsten poisoning. Well, Jonathan Tweet just managed to prove LeGuin right. [...]
Samwise is kind of avoiding me today because I am stalking around muttering under my breath about how the fucking Baby Boomer generation needs to grow the fuck up, after reading an article that exemplifies everything about the stereotype of the ivory-tower policy wonk you can imagine. Frank Micciche writes about how the recession is [...]
Meaning, as you probably guessed from the title, that I picked up Age of Conan. (“Ma’am,” says the concerned GameStop clerk as I hand him my $5 for pre-order, “you know that this is an M game?” I’m not sure whether he thought I was buying it for Kid Peligro, who was impatiently waiting for [...]
Tip for public servants: if you’re going to pimp your rig, at least make it look beige. “Backup server” won’t fly. Share and Enjoy:
All right, it’s not quite that bad. But it’s sad to see that Dragon is not only paying a pittance for fiction, but requires authors to give up all rights to their work. Those of you with a low threshold for old-geek nattering should wander off and get a fresh cup of coffee at this [...]
I was paging through the various items available for sale on ThinkGeek and found the “Binary Dad” shirt, which is a nice blue shirt spelling “Dad” in binary. (Similar “Mom” and “Kid” shirts are available.) The Queen, looking over my shoulder, asked “Are you going to get that for Daddy?” In all seriousness, I said [...]
If you were to combine a Feng Shui game and an action movie revolving around dragons, especially if you were targeting it to an audience with a high tolerance for, and ability to forgive, plot holes larger than many New England states, then you really could not do better than Dragon Wars. Old Master Fu! [...]
When Musicians Play Interactive Fiction, at Grand Text Auto. h/t: Infocult Share and Enjoy:
In response to Sanya’s post over at Eating Bees about the whole “lady gamer” thing, you’d expect the usual whiny “waaaa not all men are evil!!!!” it’s-all-about-me denial comments. Less common, but also expected, are the comments that pretend we live in a 1940s movie. You know, the type of movie that people who declare [...]