January 2011
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Mass Effect 2
As a sequel to Mass Effect, this game is best judged solely by its function in needlessly continuing a storyline. The reason for that, I suppose, is because it doesn’t apparently aspire to improve upon the gameplay of Mass Effect in any detectably respectable fashion. An improvement in graphics of a title now 3 years old isn’t going to yield dramatic differences, especially since the...
Jan 29th
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On 'Game Journos' & Game Journalism Industry,...
Yesterday I posted a rather hyperbolic jab at the gaming-journalism industry. Frustrated with my own general lack of insight presented on the matter, I’ve reconfigured my approach to the issue. Written in response to my Open Appeal to ‘Gamejournos’ and Game Journo Industry, a tumblr in that industry reblogged and added: “everyone wants to be rich and famous. Not everyone...
Jan 27th
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Did video games save this driver's life? →
rikosuavez: Well, maybe. Or maybe he’s just a good driver? What I will vouch for is that video games certainly didn’t hinder his calm reaction to the oncoming truck. I’ve had similar moments with much smaller objects (largest of which was a VW Jetta) getting all uppity with me on the highway, and I had to dodge my car to safety (It wasn’t a Dodge, though :p). I’d say I handled myself like this...
Jan 26th
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Open Appeal to 'Gamejournos' & Game Journo...
I recently sent a message to Ben Patton/Paddon/whateverI’mnotajournalist at gamejournos.tumblr.com, more commonly known as “Game Journalists Are Incompetent Fuckwits”, or GJAIF for short. Obviously. Edit: QUEUE FAILED! What else is new? For the uninitiated, ‘Game Journos’ is a watchdog of sorts that patrols the streets of Gaming Journalism (if it can be called...
Jan 26th
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Original Gamer podcast - Jim Sterling vs. Ben... →
gamejournos: Last week Jim Sterling and I sat down to record a podcast moderated by Original Gamer, and now you can have that conversation plumbed directly into your earholes. Which is nice. For you. Of course, the few comments on the OG post for the podcast are hilarious. Apparently Jim utterly destroyed my arguments by agreeing with me on several points, and I’m a troll who agrees with him...
Jan 25th
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Too Big To Fail
A contemporaneous account of the mega-financial-meltdown of 2008, Too Big To Fail illustrates exactly what steps were taken by the government agents entrusted with broadly ensuring the financial health of America to prevent cataclysmic failure of the entire US economy. Through over 500 hours of personal interviews with the key figures of the meltdown—Treasury’s Henry Paulson, the...
Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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Man Accused Of Raping Lesbian Best Friend: I...
rightsandhumanity: Man Accused Of Raping Lesbian Best Friend: I Thought She Was Bi No. No way. You have got to be kidding.
Jan 24th
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he personally... →
savanna: nhaler: wtftory: In case you needed more reasons to dislike the guy. At least he has no plans to reinstate it. Politically, I believe this actually speaks to allegiances with one’s party-platform and/or pluralist perceptions. That a leader can separate his views from what he regards as the views of the country should be seen as a virtue; IMO, it’s a pretty cheap jab to say it’s...
Jan 22nd
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he personally... →
wtftory: In case you needed more reasons to dislike the guy. At least he has no plans to reinstate it. Politically, I believe this actually speaks to allegiances with one’s party-platform and/or pluralist perceptions. That a leader can separate his views from what he regards as the views of the country should be seen as a virtue; IMO, it’s a pretty cheap jab to say it’s...
Jan 22nd
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wwbnews: Honolulu jury fiunds woman who beat a peacock to death not guilty of animal cruelty - KITV http://bit.ly/eKUOPT lolwut
Jan 22nd
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Joel Coen on Jeff Bridges: He didn't give a shit... →
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Wake Up, Geek Culture; time to die.
I entered the ’80s immersed, variously, in science fiction, Dungeons & Dragons, and Stephen King. The terms nerd and geek were convenient shorthand used by other cliques to categorize us. But they were thin descriptors. I had time to collect every Star Wars action figure, learn the Three Laws of Robotics, and memorize Roy Batty’s speech from the end of Blade Runner; Fast-forward to now:...
Jan 19th
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newsweek: “Writing about Hollywood is like being a reporter at Disneyland. At first, you can’t believe that you get to spend every day in The Happiest Place on Earth. Everyone wants to ask you about your work. You’re surrounded by princesses, and the sky sparkles with pixie dust. But as the years go on, you learn about the oily machinery that manufactures all that enchantment. You see what...
Jan 19th
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shortformblog: “If the president said, ‘Okay, John Boehner, you bet, now that you’re in power, as soon as you pass a version that covers the same number of people for less, I’ll be happy to put my approach aside and cut a deal,’ he’d remind Americans about the discussion Republicans refuse to have.” — Washington Post opinion writer Matt Miller • Arguing that Obama should frame the debate around...
Jan 19th
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Goldman Sachs has crappy quarter; sucks to be them
shortformblog: 53% the dip in Goldman Sachs’ fourth-quarter profits (after many hugely profitable quarters last year) 39% the decline in Goldman’s bond-trading revenue; Goldman blamed “generally low client activity levels” 2.5% the decline in their stock this morning, which has generally been strong during the financial crisis source I’m wondering now if Goldman can ever truly fail. ...
Jan 19th
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F.C.C. Approves Comcast-NBC Deal →
shortformblog: The combination of Comcast’s cable systems and NBC Universal’s channels will create a media powerhouse, and it will represent the first time that a cable system owner will control a broadcast network. We’re all going to die. Dangerous.
Jan 18th
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Best moment of Mad Men S.1:
E9, when January Jones starts taking potshots at the pigeons with a pellet gun. Pure catharsis.
Jan 18th
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Daft Punk helmets selling on eBay →
Jan 18th
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Ontario’s air getting cleaner, report says →
abcsoupdot: From The Toronto Star: Ontario’s air quality has been steadily improving since the turn of the century with less pollution — and some help from Mother Nature — cutting down the number of smog days, a report has found. The report, released Friday, found that three major pollutants — nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide — were down between 40 and 64 per cent over...
Jan 18th
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Tennessee Governor exempts self from income...
shortformblog: then For the past eight years, the Governor of Tennessee and their senior aides have been required by law to publicly disclose their annual incomes. now Under a new order, the Governor is exempt from this requirement. Who issued the order? The new Governor, Bill Haslam! (thanks, pantslessprogressive) source LOOOOOOOOOL, yay for transparency opacity!
Jan 18th
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New Hospital Visitation Regulations for LGBT... →
gadgetry: These new regulations require all hospitals participating in Medicaid and Medicare programs — virtually every hospital in the country — to permit patients to designate visitors of their choosing and prohibit discrimination in visitation based on a number of factors, including sexual orientation and gender identity. Not having been hospitalized myself, I thought...
Jan 18th
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“What are the differences I’m talking about? One side of American politics...”
– A Tale of Two Moralities - NYTimes.com (via neo-psychedelia)
Jan 15th
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“What are the differences I’m talking about? One side of American politics...”
– A Tale of Two Moralities - NYTimes.com (via neo-psychedelia)
Jan 15th
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dirtbasedsoup asked: Wednesday is a strange day to have a party.. Unfortunately I'll be in Toronto for school
Jan 15th
emadness asked: The speed difference between a fast car and an f1 car.
http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DJUhu13qp8Oc%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded&start1=&video2=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dseget3zOj_8%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded&start2=&authorName=Not+Sure
Jan 15th
shortiigal asked: hey people exposed/talking crap about you on http://tinyurl.com/nhaler just thought id tell you
Jan 15th
Got a headrush just now while eating a banana. Will attempt to fix with coffee.
Jan 14th
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Rise Of The New Global Elite
If you happened to be watching NBC on the first Sunday morning in August last summer, you would have seen something curious. Former five-term Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, iconic libertarian, preeminent defender of the free market, and (at least until recently) the nation’s foremost devotee of Ayn Rand—the high priest of capitalism himself—was declaring the growth in economic ...
Jan 14th
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Rise Of The New Global Elite
If you happened to be watching NBC on the first Sunday morning in August last summer, you would have seen something curious. Former five-term Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, iconic libertarian, preeminent defender of the free market, and (at least until recently) the nation’s foremost devotee of Ayn Rand—the high priest of capitalism himself—was declaring the growth in economic ...
Jan 14th
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Massively "Soapbox" article about game journalism... →
gamejournos: A tipster, who I shall dub “Nifty Nickname” based on his/her request that I give him/her a nifty nickname, sent this article to me. It’s pretty incredible, repeating a few of the points I’ve been making but offering far more detail and explanation than I have to date. This is why I want to change the way I do things. I want to write stuff like this.
Jan 13th
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Massively "Soapbox" article about game journalism... →
gamejournos: A tipster, who I shall dub “Nifty Nickname” based on his/her request that I give him/her a nifty nickname, sent this article to me. It’s pretty incredible, repeating a few of the points I’ve been making but offering far more detail and explanation than I have to date. This is why I want to change the way I do things. I want to write stuff like this. (♠|Follow nhaler)
Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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emadness asked: The speed difference between a fast car and an f1 car.
http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DJUhu13qp8Oc%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded&start1=&video2=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dseget3zOj_8%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded&start2=&authorName=Not+Sure
Jan 12th