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  • Fairy Tales for Adults: Framing Game Violence

    Posted on January 20, 2013 | Posted In: The Game Industry | 3 Comments
    By my estimation Twitter, the Grand Pooh-Bah of the 140 character micro thought, everyday produces 8,167 times more text than the world record holder for longest novel (Proust’s In Search of Lost Time). This seems to me a pretty fine argument that people really hate to write more than a…

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  • K9 vs BSA

    Posted on August 4, 2012 | Posted In: The Stuff | No Comments
    By my estimation, triangulated by way of the Boy Scout Laws, your average dog is four twelfths of a boyscout. Trustworthy, loyal, friendly, and cheerful, your garden variety cur is already a better dinner companion than most people I know, and that’s assuming that it’s the type that will piss…

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  • Making Babies and Shit

    Posted on April 18, 2011 | Posted In: The Kid | 2 Comments
    On a night not unlike this one your mommy and daddy decided to have a baby. It started, as many things do, with a conversation. “I have an idea,” said your daddy. “How about you” he began, indicating mommy, “start eating a few extra burritos, yogurts, and Eggo Homestyle Waffles.”…

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  • An Open Letter to the Citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom

    Posted on March 14, 2011 | Posted In: The Stuff | 2 Comments

    Toads of the Mushroom Kingdom, I don’t know if you can get CNN where you are (potentially as a murky reflection in a magic cauldron), but hear me now: revolution is on the rise in the world. From Egypt to Libya, oppressed and forgotten peoples are casting off apathetic and…

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