by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 16, 2008 | Asides, Commentary
Yesterday, on Wired.com, Clive Thomas made an interesting argument for more, better torture in video games. His argument is that most torture, as often presented in the public marketplace, has no real-world consequences for the characters involved. Neither the...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 16, 2008 | Asides
Pretty funny how spammy my I found the following quote to be of particular interest: in my last post sounded. Maybe I can start a new career as a blog Spammer!
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 15, 2008 | Asides
Sunday’s New York Times Magazine had an interesting essay on the philosophical and foundational underpinnings of the writing of David Foster Wallace. I found the following quote to be of particular interest: …Wallace was also wary of ideas. He was...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 14, 2008 | Asides
Gotta be one of the best movie lines ever.
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 14, 2008 | Asides
OK, it’s been up for over a week. But we finally got the decos on. Huzzah!
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 13, 2008 | Asides
Check out my brother Jacob’s latest project, Kalri$$ian. Music for lounge-lizard lovers everywhere, with a decidedly Oceans 6 flavor. New disc out February 13. Keep your eye out here for updates. A Taste of Kalri$$ian from Ben Sutherland on...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 12, 2008 | Asides
Packed to the walls in the new Newburgh Panera. Holiday spirit? Or end of financial crisis? Mind you, this is 2:00 PM on a Friday, and the seats in the room behind my back are completely full. They did screw up my Caesar salad with some kind of pepper dijon dressing...
