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The Onion on Science
Just a list of The Onion articles about science that I find funny:
Christian Right Lobbies To Overturn Second Law Of Thermodynamics. The second law of thermodynamics, a fundamental scientific principle stating that entropy increases over time as organized forms decay into greater states of randomness, has come under fire from conservative Christian groups, who are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hybrid games
I am basically an “adventure gamer”, in the sense that I play games for their stories. It turns out, there are not so many adventure games (AGs) around, and some have rather weak stories to tell (plus I don’t like puzzles so much, which are hard to avoid in the AG genre.) But! there are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Donjon
Donjon, the Dungeon. Imagine you are a restless comic artist like, say, Joann Sfar or Lewis Trondheim, with many such friends. Imagine you want to keep occupied for several years, maybe the rest of your life. What do you do?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Thermomix – the sect
So, we finally got ourselves one of those Thermomix robots. Some thoughts one why its followers can be called a sect:
They despise all those ignorant of their secret.
They speak a language unintelligible to anyone not a follower (5-7-9, then 7 sec at 6, 80)
They know by heart the teachings contained in “The Book”…
which, by they [...]
TV series
Just a list of recommended TV series from Pablo, the expert.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Console games
I am pretty happy with PC gaming, but there are some games out there that would make me get one of those consoles:
Katamari Damacy (PS2). Really original game in which you have to roll stuff up to form a star.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Monsieur Michel Ancel
I have tried few games designed by famous designer Michel Ancel: Beyond Good and Evil and Rayman 1 and 2: The great escape (not that he has many more). And I must say, he seems to be one of these designers whose character is imprinted in the final game (like, say, Tim Schafer or Ron [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )xkcd
xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe.
Brilliant online comic. Very influential, it seems. See also the very nice wikipedia entry.
Carcassonne
A board game that appeals both to casual and hard-core gamers; this is quite rare, but rarer is the fact that it can be an excellent 2,3, or 4 person game. Usually, there’s a huge gap between 2 and more persons board games, but not in Carcassonne. Great success, lots of expansions…
A good place to [...]
Action games
I usually dislike action games, but these two I just loved:
Psychonauts, incredibly original
Beyond Good and Evil, perhaps not so shocking, but lovable
Not surprisingly, these are games that are close in spirit to my favourite genre, adventure games (AGs).
The same happened with Torment, a RPG with clear AG connections.
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