-
Night before Obama flies abroad, Rice bars embassies from aiding candidates
The night before presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) left for Afghanistan, Iraq and Western Europe for a tour of US bases overseas, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a cable to US missions forbidding them from holding events for presidential candidates or arrange meetings for them. Rice issued no such cable prior to…
-
-
What is Love?
“Nature’s way of tricking us into having babies.” A brilliant discussion of the biology of love. What it does to our brians, how it changes our thinking, etc.
-
(Not a) Game Design Seminar Episode
-
Babalon is Riding the Beast…
… and the End of All Things is nigh… The Watchmen Trailer looks… … see for yourself. (It’s apparently playing before The Dark Knight. If I had known, I would have waited.)
-
Rush + Colbert = Win
Go to Colbert’s Website and watch the whole episode. “One of us!”“One of us!”“One of us!”
-
Bush Administration Tries to Redefine Contraception as Abortion
It’s not a joke. See, there’s this invalid argument technique called “the slippery slope.” You’ve heard of “give ’em an inch and they’ll take a mile?” That’s the slippery slope. It’s a bad way to make an argument. Most of the time. Not this time…The New York Times reports that the Bush Administration’s Department of…
-
Demonstration in Misunderstanding
I received an e-mail recently from a very kind and enthusiastic fan of my work. As usual, e-mails of this kind are one of the only rewards a game designer has, so I was flattered. But there, in the middle of paragraphs of shameless praise, was this: I caught a piece of your live journal that piqued…
-
Catholic Church = Full of Win
In a clear response to dwindling membership and recent public relations fiascos, the Catholic Church has announced a new policy for funerals. If you want to attend your mom’s funeral, you’d better sit down, shut up and let the priest do all the talking. “… specially composed poems and favourite songs are in breach of…
-
The Armani Anarchs
Our crew rocks. That is all.