The 5 Stages of Star Wars Fandom
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance and Star Wars. (Thanks, B-Sol!)
Live Action Dragonriding
Dragonriders of Pern as a live action film? Looks like it might happen.
“Democracy is Death”
Quintin Smith at RockPaperShotgun talks to the CEO of the Goonfleet, the Mittani, about politics, metagame intrigue and failure cascades on Eve Online, the interstellar MMO. If you’re not interested in gamepolitik, there’s neat propaganda and space art.
Ditko = Ditko
“For my own part, regret nothing. Have lived life, free from compromise … and step into the shadow now without complaint.” –Rohrshach’s journal (Alan Moore, Watchmen) I read Watchmen as many people do, without knowing the comics history Moore invoked. In a story that begins as a superhero […]
Sing, Space Ambassador Magma, Sing!
Black Sun has the awesomeness of a complete album of Magma Taishi / Space Ambassador Magma! See the art and download it here. (via @AICNAnime)
Dealing with the R-Type Personality
R-Type has a funny way of showing its affection. It doesn’t give you black eyes, but it still makes them red and twitchy. You don’t eat as much. You abuse caffeine and other stimulants, as if that makes much of a difference. Its benchmark of expectation keeps rising. […]
The Cultural Gutter 