"My thesis, and the work I have produced since its completion, propose that videogames are capable of conveying ideas in a way that is unique to the medium, and that these ideas can be moral and philosophical in nature. I argue that a videogame text is a cohesive whole arising from the interactions between the game's story, the game's rules, and ( Read more... )

Slightly under half an hour from now, it will be August 18th. On that date, nearly twenty-eight years ago, Wet Hot American Summer took place.

I urge you all to celebrate.

Today was surprisingly upbeat, considering every conversation was somehow themed on domestic abuse.

I got a call tonight from a number in an area code located in Chicago, IL.

I don't know anybody in Chicago, IL.

Hrm.

The State is available on DVD today.

I invite you all to dip your balls in it.

Me: My lack of high school has limited my knowledge of American literature. Also, for some reason, I test extraordinarily badly on reading comprehension. Which is weird, in that my main academic skill is writing. And I've won awards for it and been published and stuff. I think I should be able to pull rank on them at this point ( Read more... )

I'm getting published again. w00t!

I need a breast-themed celebration pic like Deborah's.

Yesterday: I went to Cambridge Hospital to get my blood checked, and found that it was a holiday. Walking home in the rain, I searched my enfeebled brain for what we were celebrating. It was the tenth anniversary of the Columbine shootings, but I was fairly certain we hadn't made that a holiday yet. It was also Hitler's birthday, but I was ( Read more... )

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So, I'm brainstorming thoughts for a hopelessly-late article, and I type in a heading for "Sex and Power." Except I don't get to the period, because a) I'm not using periods in a goddamn skeleton outline, and b) when I hit the "r," the auto-suggest tries suggests I add "lessness" to "power."

Interpret as you will.