But you do win friends with Björk. This is from a great documentary that aired on Bravo in the U.S. when I was in high school, which also included tons of absolutely gorgeous nature footage from the Icelandic countryside. This was what initially led to my desire to go there, which would theoretically be easier now that I'm in Scotland and not NY, ( Read more... )

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Been on a Why? kick lately...

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For a long time now, I've been meaning to write a series of articles called "Morality Play," examining different approaches to ethical decision-making in games - but somehow, I've never been able to muster enough focus to actually organize my various notes on the topic into anything coherent. I even went so far as to propose the idea to Simon ( Read more... )

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Dec 19th - Jan 2nd

I don't know how he did it, but Ludacris has somehow managed to create the hip-hop equivalent of [insert your choice of lowest common denominator gaming webcomic here, there are many options available] by writing a song that consists almost entirely of video game references randomly strung together without even the slightest attempt at coherence. ( Read more... )

I've been doing a better job of posting new entries lately - not so much here, but on my updated website, where I finally managed to find the time to get my blog interface set up. Why I decided to create my own system rather than using any of the vastly superior alternatives like blogger, wordpress, or movable type will forever remain a mystery. I' ( Read more... )

In the spirit of election season, I will not be following through on any of my previous promises about getting this journal back on track, nor will I be providing any substantive information ( Read more... )

So, as many of you already know, I am leaving for Scotland today in order to begin a new job as an A.I. Programmer for Realtime Worlds in Dundee ( Read more... )