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Crappy Journalism: It’s Not Just For Politics!

Michael — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:29:56 +0000

As most gamers are (hopefully) aware, the video game review industry – which some people call “video game journalism” – is bullshit all around. So it’s with great...

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By Robin Williams’ Beard

Michael — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:04:33 +0000

I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with Zelda, unlike some people for whom it skews in pretty much just one direction. However, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s an...

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#OWS

Michael — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:42:46 +0000

There’s a lot that interests me about the Occupy Wall Street movement, but I haven’t completely made up my mind yet. Suffice to say however that tomorrow will likely be a big day. There isn’t usually...

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Misleading

Michael — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:15:07 +0000

When I saw “What Do Your Games Say About You?”, my first thought was not to take it literally. It’s a great ad, don’t get me wrong, and not just because they picked an excellent name. I was...

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In Which I Criticize the Sorry State of Games

Michael — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:34:24 +0000

I rail on the video game industry's childish marketing and myopic focus on providing mindless entertainment, and discuss some ideas on how to use video games to understand complexity.

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Some love for the city

Michael — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:42:29 +0000

If you believe in climate change, should you live in the city or the country?

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Irked

Michael — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:30:16 +0000

I always love some good old fashioned hard truths about energy, particularly when coming from people with no substantive background in energy policy or markets. Now, I like The Big Picture....

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It Won’t Be Long Now

Michael — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:15:06 +0000

Consumers play a significant if not equal role as oil companies in keeping our society addicted to petroleum.

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Reading List: Corporations v. Democracy et al, not-PACE and the scale of human comprehension

Michael — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:13:03 +0000

Links to a video about Citizens United v FEC, news on property-assessed clean energy and an interactive display of President Obama's budget.

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They Blinded us with Non-Science: Newt Gingrich, fully anti-science since 1995

Michael — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:06:34 +0000

Rush Holt is pretty smart. Smarter than a computer, it turns out. He thinks we should bring back the non-partisan office that provided Congress with scientific advice. The same one Newt Gingrich axed...

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