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::: Tuesday, August 31 ::: |
w00t: The Most Important Games Ever Made
All in all a very well though out and well-executed list. I'm particularly impressed with the history steeped descriptions of each game. Such coverage is rare in the video game genre.
Ah, who am I kidding? I dig it because they included M.U.L.E. I've got such a huge soft spot for that game.
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::: Friday, August 27 ::: |
Amen: Adam.CountingCrows.com [8/9/04]
"I will tell you how I feel however. I know a lot of you get all incensed at the thought of some musician spewing out his political opinions at you. I don't care anymore. People who don't listen to what other intelligent people have to say are simply ignorant people."
Preach on, Brother Adam. The choir is at full attention even if the heathens in the back pew are flipping you the bird.
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::: Tuesday, August 24 ::: |
Sweet: Dark Tower
Man, this takes me back. We used to play Dark Tower for days on end when I was younger. I think my Dad still has a working version of the board game assuming he hasn't given in to the temptation and sold it on eBay.
The sound is pretty good, but I miss the maniacal whirring of the central column. In the board game, events are displayed on spinning column and it made a pretty amazing amount of noise as it spun before revealing your fate. I wish they would have included that whirring noise.
Either way, it sure is nice having the game keep score for you instead of twiddling Battleship pegs on a punch card.
[thanks to zannah for the link]
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::: Friday, August 20 ::: |
w00t: Judges rule file-sharing software legal
You really ought to take a few moments and read this decision. There are several points in there that make it very evident that these judges have a much more refined understanding of the salient issues in this case than any previous group of adjudicators. I particularly applaud their references to Xerox machines and the player piano, both of which were galvanizing issues in their day, but have now been rendered moot by the ever-marching feet of time and technology.
This verdict probably won't stop Congress from mucking things up by aiming a law specifically at realigning the blame onto tool makers. They do, after all, have their dog-eared "activist judges" cop-out to fall back on should anyone question their way of thinking. However, it might just give a few of the less ovine among their number a reason to reconsider their position on the issues.
As more and more people become inconvenienced by draconian DRM measures, I would expect issues like this one to become ample justification for voters to oust the Disneyites in favor of a slightly more enlightened bunch of money grubbing bastards. It is, after all, the American Way.
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::: Friday, August 13 ::: |
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Spankin: Paper Napkin
Paper Napkin is an email rejection service. Say you're in a bar an some cretin won't leave you alone. Just toss them a random papernapkin.net email address and your rejection is handled through the magic of auto-responders. If they press you for a phone number (how eighties!) just give them this.
Problem solved.
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::: Monday, August 2 ::: |
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dinoneil[at]newdream[dot]net
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