James Portnow has yet another good article on Next Generation, this one about sex in video games.
Archive of entries posted on January 2008
Geocaching, and Galactic Civilizations II
Do you know what geocaching is? I didn’t, either, until Russ Pitts explained it to me. I’ll wait while he explains it to you, too.
Geek Humor
I found this page after reading the entry on Wikipedia for “geek humor.”
A Word Problem
Do you remember those math (or logic, and later physics) problems in school where there was a short paragraph of explanation and you had to figure out what the actual problem was before you completed it? And they always used to throw in some irrelevant information… well anyway, I’ve just thought of this one (the [...]
News: The Pot Makes a Statement
The CEO of McDonald’s UK, in an interview with the Times Online, linked rising trends of childhood obesity to video games. Technically, it’s an ad hominem fallacy to discount his conclusion; the kettle may actually be black (or, if not, maybe it is named “Black”). But that doesn’t mean we can’t laugh.
Writer’s Guild Strike News
The effects of Writer’s Guild of America’s strike are now becoming apparent. And now the WGA is beginning to sign interim deals with individual companies aside from the deal sought from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Which may or may not be a good idea.
2007, in review
Here is possibly the best Year in Review write-up you will ever read today (if you read it today).
Some thoughts on the Kindgom Under Fire: Circle of Doom demo
I played through the demo for Kingom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (KUF:Call of Duty, or KUF:CoD, or, KUF) last night. Well, I think I played through most of it… I did the forest area you start in until the boss you can’t fight, but I noticed the option to travel to different areas and never took [...]
