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Let's Play Dwarf Fortress! (Part 2)

caethan Dec 18, 2009 18:48

This installment: ( Digging! )

Let's Play Dwarf Fortress!

caethan Dec 15, 2009 21:38

I've been getting into a new game. It's called Dwarf Fortress. As far as a description of the game... imagine playing the Sims. But now instead of just playing a family of humans, you're playing a whole fortress full of bearded alcoholics dwarves and instead of dealing with keeping them happy and going to work, you're keeping them drunk happy ( Read more... )

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Bubblegum

caethan Sep 29, 2009 08:28

So I've gotten hooked on the latest video meme: take an ear worm of song, with a catchy beat and incomprehensible lyrics, and pair it with little animations of your favorite characters dancing! The favoritest I've found so far is this one of Link & companions:

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And now, due to two nights of insomnia and that bubblegum song stuck in my head, ( I give you: )

Authoritarians

caethan Sep 19, 2009 17:18

So I got linked to a very interesting and free online book, called The Authoritarians. It's written by Bob Altemeyer up at the University of Manitoba, and he's a psychologist. The book is basically a summary of ~20 years worth of social sciences research, with what looks like quite a lot of solid data. I have some reservations (particularly with ( Read more... )

Healthcare Revenues

caethan Aug 13, 2009 16:28

So there's been a lot of discussion about healthcare reform in the last several months. One of the major arguments is about healthcare innovation: opponents of a single-payer system argue that most healthcare innovation is driven by the profitable U.S. market, and that if the U.S. switches systems, the profitability of healthcare innovation could ( Read more... )

YAFAP

caethan Aug 11, 2009 17:49

For those who don't understand the title, I've been playing a game called NetHack for years. It's a sort of archetypical single-player RPG: start out with a weak character, explore dungeons, fight monsters, find loot, get stronger. The goal of nethack is to explore the whole dungeon, find the mysterious Amulet of Yendor, and offer it to your god ( Read more... )

Addicted

caethan Apr 02, 2009 22:46

I admit it. I am *way* too excited by this. But, but... I made these and they're comfy!

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