As most gamers are (hopefully) aware, the video game review industry – which some people call “video game journalism” – is bullshit all around. So it’s with great admiration and amusement that I observed the “release” of Minecraft today. After reading the Escapist article, I realized: in addition to the other benefits of Notch-style game [...]
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I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with Zelda, unlike some people for whom it skews in pretty much just one direction. However, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s an iconic game that cannot but recall childhood in a visceral way for a certain group of games that were born around the late seventies. So [...]
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There’s a lot that interests me about the Occupy Wall Street movement, but I haven’t completely made up my mind yet. Suffice to say however that tomorrow will likely be a big day. There isn’t usually much good useful news to be found on TreeHugger, but this caught my attention. From a game theory perspective, [...]
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When I saw “What Do Your Games Say About You?”, my first thought was not to take it literally. It’s a great ad, don’t get me wrong, and not just because they picked an excellent name. I was just thinking a little more metaphorical/existential. A little pop psychology. One thing that I think some [...]
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I rail on the video game industry’s childish marketing and myopic focus on providing mindless entertainment, and discuss some ideas on how to use video games to understand complexity.
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If you believe in climate change, should you live in the city or the country?
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Consumers play a significant if not equal role as oil companies in keeping our society addicted to petroleum.
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Links to a video about Citizens United v FEC, news on property-assessed clean energy and an interactive display of President Obama’s budget.
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Rush Holt is pretty smart. Smarter than a computer, it turns out. He thinks we should bring back the non-partisan office that provided Congress with scientific advice. The same one Newt Gingrich axed back in 1995.
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Political happenings from Taegan Goddard What I’m Reading
