Come for the games, stay for the drama.
Tipa I had some mod points to spend on Slashdot, so after reading CmdrTaco’s frustration at recent flames and stern instructions to moderators, I resolved to do my best to keep topics on-topic today. Figures that the next article to come up would be one claiming recent research into bee flight put the nail into intelligent … Read more
Serenity is out on DVD. It’s been out for awhile, but any store I went to had it only in “full screen” format. With the edges cut off, they mean, because some people can’t handle letterboxing. FULL SCREEN! AAAAGH! The reason stores only had those is because NOBODY WAS BUYING THEM. IDIOTS. No special-effect film … Read more
NationStates is an interesting web game; you make a country and mold it according to your own beliefs, interact with other nations, join the UN and debate items of world importance and so forth. My nation is The Nomadic Peoples of Dryroot, a small nation in the South Pacific. I received a worrying telegram this … Read more
We gathered togethter in the Gurubashi Arena, those of us who would rule the world. Nummie Gigglepie, cruel mistress of demonology. Jenchenzi, her deadly enemy. Yunkndatwunk (not pictured, sadly), the young upstart with a smile, a wink, and a heart of pure evil. And Hosenfeffer and I to see which warlock would earn our blades! … Read more
I had no idea what an Echo Boomer was, when I saw they were being singled out for advertising. What is WITH all these demographics specifically set up to make you spend your money, anyway? I suppose I slip in at the tail end of the Baby Boomer marketing generation, which supposedly ended in 1964. … Read more