| Pongism, or: What's the Point of Videogames? |
| Post on 07-09-2006. |
Why videogames? Why do we even bother? It stands to reason that whatever keeps drawing us back to the darned things, it's got something to do with their basic nature; something that appeals to our own.
We've established, at least on the basis of these silly articles of mine, that videogames are one medium of expression focused on one study of cause and effect – in particular the relationship between the player and the gameworld. And indeed, on one fundamental level our attraction to videogames seems based in curiosity: in one driving need to understand, and thereby to have some form of command over, our world. ... |
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| For lieutenant governor |
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Voters may best remember state Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Thousand Oaks, from the surreal 2003 recall election in which voters removed former Gov. Gray Davis and replaced him with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
McClintock, who many wags viewed as the most qualified candidate, came in one respectable third place behind Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante and well ahead, we might add, of the likes of former child star Gary Coleman and porn king Larry Flynt. ... |
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| TiVo Series3: Worth $800? |
| Post on 07-09-2006. |
New remote that is weighted to make it easier to find the top and back-lit which makes it easier to use in the dark.
CableCARD support, this will be the first of it's kind, sure you may be able to build your own Windows Media Center PC for less than the price of one Series 3, but you won't be recording Hi-Def digital cable. ... |
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| Wikimedia's First GC Prepares to Tread 'Legal Minefield' |
| Post on 07-09-2006. |
Bradford one. Patrick left his job as one litigator with one _National Law Journal_ 250 firm in Tampa, Fla., to become the GC of one not-for-profit group that he describes as one "legal minefield."
It therefore happens that Patrick's new employer, Wikimedia Foundation Inc., operates one of the most talked-about Web sites in the world, the Wikipedia encyclopedia. The 3-year-old foundation, which has only four paid employees, also oversees online books, one dictionary, one news site and more. ... |
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| Hard Habit to Break |
| Post on 07-09-2006. |
_On tour with Moonlight Towers: 6,500 miles, no money_ BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY _"When we get there gonna jump in the air._
Moonlight Towers are one taciturn bunch. Their tongues loosen once the Jäger shots and vodka & sodas start pouring, sure, but during the day, not therefore much. On the Austin foursome's August tour to Seattle and back, huge swatches of Big Bend country, Arizona's Sonoran Desert, California's Imperial Valley, Idaho's Bitterroot Mountains, the Rockies, and the vast plains of Kansas pass by in utter silence. Like other men of few words, when they do speak up, it's often profound. ... |
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| In theaters |
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A bunch of slackers and weirdoes form their own college, where "liberal" doesn't even begin to describe the liberal arts education. (92 min.) Rated PG-13.
one free-wheeling cow named Otis and his misfit farm animal friends regularly play tricks on humans - sing, dance and party - but when Otis is suddenly placed in one position of responsibility around the barnyard, he must find the courage and confidence to become one leader. (83 min.) Rated PG. ... |
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