I started reading Becoming Vegan, which aside from some questionably-presented statistics I think is very good. But then more books came in and I have put it down for the moment, first in favor of Summerhill School, which I already mentioned I finished, then for Punished by Rewards, and now for Memories of the Afterlife.
Archive of posts filed under the books category.
Dresden
Just watched this video of Jim Butcher’s Q&A at MarsCon, and now I’m jonesing for Ghost Story. Don’t watch if you haven’t read all the books.
Vitaphobia
This morning I was struck by the realization that in a way I am afraid of life. I was reading Summerhill School, which by the way I highly recommend. This book describes a boarding school where children are free to govern themselves, and to grow as they wish. It’s an incredible idea that I would [...]
Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality
Just finished reading Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony deMello, and I found it incredibly enjoyable. It’s written in such a way that reading it feels like attending a seminar by a master speaker. Full of analogies and little stories which are fun and funny, I would recommend it to anyone interested [...]
Worldbuilders 2009
Patrick Rothfuss has just begun his second annual Heifer International fundraiser, which now has a name: Worldbuilders. If you donate you can get lots of cool prizes, most of which are sci-fi/fantasy books.
Games are fun, but that’s not the point.
Most games are developed with the intent of inducing feelings of “fun” in players. In my opinion, which is at least partially influenced by my read of A Theory of Fun for Game Design, this approach is irresponsible at best. The theory presented by the book is that the feeling we call “having fun” is our brains giving [...]
Book Review: Soon I Will Be Invincible
I’ve just finished reading Soon I Will Be Invincible, by Austin Grossman. It was an enjoyable read, but it left me disappointed.
Amazon Kindle
On Monday I received my Kindle, after waiting three weeks. Yesterday I finished reading Small Favor on it, and I’m really liking it. Of course, I knew I would. And it seems they are caught up on the supply now; a coworker ordered one yesterday after I showed it to him, and his is being [...]
What? Someone’s being logical about this?
Two Harvard Psychologists are saying that boys who play no video games at all are more likely to get in trouble than boys who play some video games.
Wholly Crap
Been a while since I posted here, huh? Hmm. : / Well, an update on what I’ve been doing: I am starting work on a video game version of Stardust (you may recall that Stardust is the working title of my board game side project—or you may not), using XNA Game Studio 2.0, which I [...]
If he had black hair, he would be known as “Kvothe the Raven”
But he has red. Anyway his story is awesome. I refer, of course, to The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, which I knew months ago that I would enjoy and which I received for Christmas, and finished last night.
quickie
Saw Stardust (the movie) on Friday and it was awesome. Go see it. Still making progress on Stardust (my board game project). Much left to do, but I’m enjoying it.
