So, did I mention they’re making a Dante’s Inferno video game? Looks pretty stupid… Read more

Five Best Oscar Moments 1. Danny Boyle bounces up and down on stage before giving his acceptance speech for Best Director, fulfilling a years-ago promise to his children that, if he ever won, he would accept his Oscar in the spirit of Tigger. 2. Philippe Petit, daredevil and subject of Best Documentary winner Man on Wire, makes a coin disappear and then balances the Oscar statuette on his chin. 3. Tina Fey and Steve Martin banter about the Scientology-esque religion... Read more

I love thinking up Twitter jokes as much as anyone, but this morning, reading the sea of Oscar criticism, I’m sort of nostalgic for a day when we all watched on TV, were dazzled by the stars and excited by the movies, and weren’t so damn critical. Remember that? People used to enjoy stuff. Instead, we’re hooting and reading our little devices that give us a constant, instantaneous, frighteningly accurate reading of the national mood. via When everybody critiques everything... Read more

 Braid on the Xbox 360 is available for $10 as Deal of the Week. Read more

Parent Asks Son to Play Call of Duty According to Geneva Conventions: Evan would get to play the game, but before that, Hugh had him look up the Geneva Conventions online, read their provisions, and then the two discussed its history and what they mean. “So the deal is that Evan has to fight according to the rules of the Geneva Convention. If his team-mates violate the Convention [assuming Hugh means online human players] then play stops and Call of... Read more

Why Video Games are fun to play: what kind of pleasure do games aim at? What is the gaming equivalent of katharsis? My answer is that games aim to inspire a characteristic sort of pleasure, the delight in the discovery and mastery of rules. Play is an expression of the human mind’s native lust to master the lawlike natural world through experiment and planning. As Kant says: “The understanding is hungry after rules, and it is satisfied when it finds... Read more

It looks as though the film of Lincon’s life, to be directed by Steven Spielberg, might be the victim of financial woes at Dreamworks. Liam Neeson was lined up to play the 16th President. Hopes were to begin filming soon to have the picture out before the end of this year (the 200th year since his birth). Now it looks as though it might not get made at all. Sad. Alright, I say to President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid,... Read more

Unlike Adam, I generally don’t have much of an affinity for what many consider the typical, old-school western. I haven’t even seen Unforgiven, which I consider a mark of shame and intend to remedy soon enough. In the meantime, here are my top 5 modern westerns: 1. No Country for Old Men – A truthful film with a deceptively hopeful ending. 2. Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – One of the most fascinating films I’ve seen.... Read more

Braid PC Price Lowered to $15. Read more