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Scott Jennings

Acclaim: Being Black Is Awesome!

Proving that the MMO industry is far, far superior to aged shock jocks, Acclaim’s new DANCE! Online dancing-required microtransaction-driven MMO has decreed that being a black person on the dance floor is so totally awesome, you must earn the privilege. Or, as one somewhat surprised user asks, I GOTTA

I Say Stuff Elsewhere About Stuff

Specifically on the Escapist news feed: Everything is for Sale: SOE hires IGE exec

Update: Someone Really Misses My Ex-Cat

Someone sent me an email just now asking to place an ad here. I’m not sure why. Possibly the web bots are starting to consume each other. In fire.

The Tinfoil Armory, continued

“I Put On My Robe And Wizard’s Hat!” Considering that I haven’t had the time to make any updates for a couple of weeks, it’s a good thing that one of my last entries is still attracting a bit of discussion. So, let’s look at some

Why Wikipedia Doesn’t Work

…because if you go just by Wikipedia, Lyndon LaRouche is a serious politician.

It’s True

Bruce Sterling lays down the funk. 95% of the net is machine generated robbery and gibberish. Spam. Imagine if every time you turned on your TV someone tried to rob you. Or you go to the cinema and all the people are pickpockets.

Communities Made of Tin

(Regarding the post below: OK, *usually*. And just to be perfectly clear, this isn’t a 4/1 joke, really.) Blizzard usually does some pretty amusing April Fools’ Jokes, from independently driven two headed ogres, to Pandaren Express shopping carts. This year they posted several joke pages, including an insanely