Jarvis Slacks
Should we toss Cheney in the Cooler? Sounds sort of like a cooking experiment…
So, we all know that the Bush Administration made some “questionable” decisions when they ran things. You can’t really blame them. People knocked some of our buildings down and killed our citizens. Somebody had to get shot after that. But, the question of torture keeps popping its amazingly ugly head up. Was there a better … Read more
The 10 PM Podcast: Yeah, You sort of do look like a bum Edition
And the summer is over. While most people traveled and visited family and, I don’t know, went outside, Nate and I played video games and worked at jobs. But these weren’t simple jobs. Proof of point, Nate (of Best Gamepad Ever fame) almost was beaten to pulps by a man that Nate misunderstood as a … Read more
Fake Trees will fix Real Global Warming.
Let’s face it. Global Warming is real. The ice-caps are melting. Polar Bears are getting smaller. Stuff like that. Real Trees just ain’t soaking up the Carbon out of the air fast enough. And you know what humans do when natural stuff sucks? We make a machine to do it. Thus, fake trees. From BBC … Read more
Our Culture of Context: Sweep the Leg
In our society, we speak in the old tribal ways. We have constant conversations, where we use songs, movies, and books to explain other wise complex and sensitive issues. These are called colloquialism, and they are pretty freaking awesome. I’ve decided, from time to time, to highlight phrases that haven’t caught on yet. Mostly, they are phrases that … Read more
Impressions: Shadow Complex
A video game needs three things to hold my interests. 1. Inventive gameplay. 2. Inventive gunplay. 3. What my man Kenneth Price calls, “Pick me up stuff.” Chair’s new game Shadow Complex has all three by the bucket full. Sure, it has some problems. But the good stuff out weigh the bad. And, to be … Read more
Impressions: District 9
District 9 is a complex and complicated movie, with hidden meanings and deep metaphors. The movie wants to say something to the audience. How would we really treat helpless aliens if they land on Earth? How do we treat the weak, the helpless, people who don’t look like us or talk like us? What rights … Read more
The Games: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Some video games work because they are frustrating and you feel amazing when you finally beat it and scream at the screen, yelling in wonderful victory. Other games are just fun, and any frustrating gameplay hampers the fun, and you scream at the screen because you aren’t having fun. You are just completely annoyed. Star … Read more
The Great Debate: Should we reform Health Care?
Welcome to our (that means me) weekly post where I ask you a question and no one answers but, hey, what else am I gonna do? Work? Yeah, right! Today’s topic: Should we reform Health Care? Obama and his cronies on the Left want to create “Universal” Health Care so that “Every” American can be … Read more
Splinter Cell: Conviction and the Question of Torture
I’ve been thinking a bit too much about “Nerd-Culture” lately, about the entertainment I enjoy and why I enjoy it. One of the things that interest me and bother me the most is the idea of violence and the roll I take in the violence. What does it say about me if I enjoy it? … Read more
President Obama’s Second 100 days garner a “C+”. Which is average. Also which is stupid.
I don’t want to remind people what we had before. There is no need for it. I recall having breakfast with a friend once (hey, Tiff!) and I remember the Sunday after the 2004 election. It was the first time I’ve ever actually thought about leaving the country. I mean, seriously. I thought I was … Read more
