Are violent video games adequately preparing children for the apocalypse?

Monosyllabic is the one of the most ironic words in the English language.

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I love developers' commentary in general, and that's why I've always been jazzed that Valve includes it in their games ( Read more... )

I've always been skeptical of micropurchases and episodic content for games. Micropurchases especially. The only micropurchase type thing that I've seen first hand is Rock Band songs, and there it kind of makes sense -- you're buying works from various artists, and a royalty model can work there. Plus, adding fresh music extends the life of a game ( Read more... )

I read the news and I'm on multiple mailing lists regarding gay rights, and I've noticed in the past couple months that the gay rights movement has taken a more bitter, belligerent, and confrontational posture since the passage of California Proposition 8. Apparently part of the new strategy is to publicly harass and ostracize high profile ( Read more... )

One thing the '00s will be remembered for is a lot of superhero blockbusters. In the '90s, superhero movies were kind of "out"; they were made, but tended to have smaller budgets and lower quality and success. The surprise hit of X-Men in 2000 changed that, and emboldened Hollywood with the thought that superheroes could still rake in money at the ( Read more... )

I bought FruityLoops Studio Producer Edition many years ago, and have made many of my songs with it. I was guaranteed lifetime free upgrades. But I lost the purchase records, and my current account with Image-Line doesn't have it on there either. I contacted support, crossing my fingers that they would find the records of my old purchase, be able ( Read more... )

I dreamed about trucks you'd meet up with while migrating overland, each day you'd meet with a truck and that truck would take your order for the next day's meal, and dispense your previous order, precooked, hot and personalized. As I was mulling over the logistical difficulties, it occurred to me -- why are we using trucks? Why not use rest areas ( Read more... )

A lot of things bugged me about Fallout 3, in many different areas. But ultimately they all came down to this: the world either kept doing utterly stupid things, or wouldn't let me do perfectly intelligent things, or both. Again and again, things would feel fake and primitively constructive, rather than alive and responsive. I'm going to give just ( Read more... )