December 2011
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ListenI miss you guys. Really, I do. I hope your...
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October 2011
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Writing Samples
I had to provide some samples for a couple of writing gigs I’m applying for, and thought maybe I’d document them here - in case I needed them again - but also to just kind of portfolio some of the writing in the games space that I’m particularly proud of. http://gamesareevil.com/2009/09/demons-souls-review-part-tutorial-level/  ...
Oct 22nd
“As a writer, you are never “blocked.” Here, let me say it again,...”
– Andy Ihnatko on Google +
Oct 7th
“A better critique of the protests is the absence of specific policy demands. It...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/opinion/krugman-confronting-the-malefactors.html?_r=3&src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB
Oct 7th
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Shelf Awareness Review - East on Sunset: A Will...
[Note: I write short book reviews for Shelf Awareness, a great website and newsletter book review service. I’ll be posting the reviews that don’t run in their newsletter, with their permission. The reviews I write are for the “Readers” edition of the newsletter.]   East on Sunset by Ken Mercer (Minotaur, $25.99 Hardcover, 9780312558376, June 7, 2011) In the sequel to 2010’s Slow Fire, author...
Oct 3rd
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Shelf-Awareness Book Review: Do I Get My Allowance...
[Note: I write short book reviews for Shelf Awareness, a great website and newsletter book review service. I’ll be posting the reviews that don’t run in their newsletter, with their permission. The reviews I write are for the “Readers” edition of the newsletter.] Book: Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I’m Grounded?: Stop Fighting, Start Talking, and Get to Know...
Oct 3rd
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Indistinguishable From Magic: Rebooting the... →
dresdencodak: So, following the immense popularity of my 5 Essential Character Redesigns post, I decided to take a more thorough stab at revamping DC Comic’s Justice League. I’ve already mentioned before that I think their current “New 52” reboot, aimed at gaining new readers, is terribly ineffective,…
Oct 3rd
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September 2011
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Here I am, Stuck in the Middle With You
I’m sitting here at the hospital, waiting for a girlfriend to start her surgery. I’ve got my laptop, a decent wifi signal and a poorly loading website to edit and schedule posts for. So, of course, I’m starting a new blogging initiative with my tumblr here.  I’m gonna try to keep this as “me” as possible, and not censor myself any more than is necessary....
Sep 30th
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It's Not A Mirror, It's A Crystal Ball
parislemon: Aside from a few tweets, I’ve mainly stayed out of the latest TechCrunch brouhaha. These things tend to flare up every few months, and they ultimately end up meaning nothing. But I would like to address one thing in particular, because The New York Times’ David Carr names me specifically in his article on the matter today. More generally, it occurs to me that a lot of these posts...
Sep 6th
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May 2011
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Two churches located across the street from each...
graphicambiguity: rachelneedsapplausetolive: karofskyhaikus: somebodysinmyheadagain: wizarding: paranoidrobot: …Do the Presbyterians think Rocks are animals? Dying. lol remember when? this is too funny i have to reglob it again i am dying omg omgggggg LOL I kind of like Catholics now :) I still love this.
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April 2011
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They’re called jumpers, glowboys and they go where... →
itwonlast: Before each jump, jumpers go through training sessions on a full-scale model of a steam generator Deep in the bowels of the nuclear power plant, mere feet from the reactor core, sit the steam generators–areas so radioactive that only specially trained workers are allowed to enter. They’re allowed to stay inside for only a few minutes before exposure to dangerously high ...
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March 2011
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The Understatement: Digital Subscription Prices... →
understatementblog: Here are the annual prices of a variety of services, all of which allow users to access the service from the web and across multiple devices with a single unified subscription. See if you can pick out which one is the outlier: Full sized chart As Frédéric Filloux and others…
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Mar 23rd
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If you ask me when we can get together and talk, don’t perseverate on the ONE day I can’t make it, turn it into my “egocentric” problem, and rant on about all the things you did for me. *sigh*
Mar 22nd
facebook photos
I retch a little everytime an otherwise intelligent, individual, strong woman meets a new boyfriend, gets engaged, married, etc. and then changes her profile picture on FB to one of her and her man. usually the man is the focus of the picture. Ooh, look, there’s that intelligent individual lurking in the background or in some other subservient pose. Yay! You don’t see many guys doing...
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January 2010
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Warren Ellis » The Mobile System →
“I imagine a lot of this boils down to I’m 42 next month and must work harder to keep my brain alive. But, as I’ve mentioned before, I have had this feeling of Not Moving Fast Enough — possibly because the last year was so mental in terms of work and deadlines that I was barely aware of the passage of time for most of it. I miss/missed the old feeling of being half-embedded in the...
Jan 31st
“Like the iPhone, the iPad is really a vessel, a tool, a 1.5-pound sack of...”
– http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/the-apple-ipad-first-impressions/
Jan 28th
“I allow myself to fail miserably, which opens up a kind of creative freedom that...”
– Bang Bang, Is Creativity Dead? - Deep Thoughts - Kotaku
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“PAY ATTENTION, PEOPLE! The United States ranks 31st in life expectancy (tied...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Unhealthy America - NYTimes.com
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October 2009
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“What followed is what I can only describe as a process that left me with more...”
– “Do I have the right to refuse this search?” | Homeland Security Watch
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Crazy Love, Vol. II by Paul Simon | Day 287 -... →
we’re all a little bit of the crazy.
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“Buccaneer sails to European Stores on October 23rd Buccaneer is a single and...”
– http://www.buccaneer-thegame.com/
Oct 9th
“Catan - The First Island” will soon be available on Apple iPhone and iPod...”
Oct 9th
Follow TPG on QuickHits and Win
tpgquickhits: Thanks to the dextrous and famous and incredibly handsome folks at Appy Entertainment, we’ve got some FaceFighter Promo codes to pass along. Follow us here, you’ve entered to win one of these iPhone/iPod Touch game codes for a free copy of FaceFighter. Can we get a w00tw00t?
Oct 4th
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September 2009
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Sep 29th
“In DiRT 2 for the PSP, you assume the role of a young amateur off-road racer,...”
– Review: DiRT 2 (PSP) | The Portable Gamer: iPhone, PSP, & DS Gaming Magazine
Sep 29th
Wikipedia: Kurt Vonnegut →
merlin: inky: In his book Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Vonnegut listed eight rules for writing a short story: Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water. Every sentence must do one...
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