Ursula K. LeGuin Swears
Ursula K. Le Guin swears like a motherfucker in a piece about swearing : “So God is dead, at least as a swearword; but hate and feces keep going strong. Le roi est mort, vive le fucking roi.”
Bioware Says, “Get Over It.”
A straight male gamer accuses Bioware of ignoring straight male gamers by having queer romance options in Dragon Age II. Bioware responds by talking about having options for everyone and straight male privilege. Seriously.
Die Hipster!
Be the hipster in the excellent and free platform game, Die Hipster! (Thanks, Todd!)
A Decade Later (Repost)
Ever had one of those crazy months? I’m reposting an old article for that reason, with a few extra comments at the end… The dinosaur craze seems to be over, sorry to say. One last hurrah: Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara, the latest entry in the Dinotopia series, is […]
Cthulhu Saves the World–Now Pretty!
Cthulhu Saves the World and he’s pretty! (thanks, Darryl!)
Two Hats are Better Than One
Trash. Hackery. Beach reads. Genre fiction gets a lot of derisive description in the public eye. Mysteries are ‘formulaic’. Fantasy is for the credulous. Science Fiction is all lasers and improbable rocketships. (I run a science fiction and fantasy bookstore, and once had a patron tell me […]
The Cultural Gutter 