Archive for September, 2008

Taking license

Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in Business, Gaming | Comments Off

Games based on movie licenses have a reputation for quality that is about equal to a screwdriver purchased at "Everything's a Dollar!" The simple reality is that these games are ... Read more..

My kids play violent videogames

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Gaming | No Comments »

This is partially a response to "Walking Away From Violence and the follow-up Responses to Walking Away From Violence. This is not a follow-up in the terms that I agree ... Read more..

The Impending Election

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Subtitle - And Why I'm Barely Talking About It. In Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land the character Jubal Harshaw comments that politics are only second in importance to breathing. I ... Read more..

Ike’s Aftermath

Monday, September 15th, 2008 Posted in Culture | 2 Comments »

I was actually working on something else but all thing's considered this seemed more appropriate. Dallas usually gets after effects of Hurricanes. High winds and heavy rains are the norm. We've ... Read more..

History Repeats Itself

Friday, September 12th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Gaming | No Comments »

I would guess sometime in 2003 I watched a young mother buy a copy of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for her elementary school age son. The clerk at the ... Read more..