“This weekend alone,” he writes “I forgot about two obligations, blew off a dinner and a concert, and purchased no goods or services.” Normally people do a lot of different stuff to keep themselves amused. But if a single $56 purchase can keep you fully entertained for a long time, that might result in dramastically reduced demand for goods and services.”
AO
pounding out an MFA at SCAD; still writes on a freelance basis, still lives and breathes for the future (also, proud new owner of a talking Portal turret)
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- Writing and Editing | Savannah, Georgia Area, USSummarySpecialties: Writing, proofreading, editing, satire, op-eds, pop culture journalism, creative pitching, reviewingExperience
- Nov 2010 - PresentFreelance Writer / CNN
- Sept 2010 - Sept 2010Artist Manager / Avalon at Large Festival
- Jan 2008 - Nov 2009Music Editor & Staff Writer / Time Out Singapore
- Nov 2007 - Jun 2008Night Writer/Ad Analyst / IAG Research
- Jul 2006 - Sept 2006Editorial Intern / Interview Magazine
- Jan 2002 - Aug 2004Freelance Production Assistant / MTV Networks
Education-
2011 - 2013Savannah College of Art and DesignMaster of Fine Arts in Writing/Sequential Art
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2002 - 2006Tufts UniversityBachelor of Arts in Political Science
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this is freaking incredible:
“Do you like fat chicks?”
“YEAH!”
These are the words that appear (in Japanese, of course) on an advertisement for Muchi Muchi Pork, a 2007 shooter from Cave. Japan has long ago introduced the “cat girl” to the rest of the girl, so it seems logical that other animal-human conglomerations should exist - this game here stars “pig girls”, with are characterized by pink ears and a chunky physique. The enemies are all various other animals dressed in military garb - Major Sirloin, Officer Lamb, the penultimate foe General Pork Fillet - and there’s a recurring theme of pork dishes, appearing literally in some menus, and as names of some of the characters.
WTB NEW NAME…guys from Relic left their old home and are making a new social strategy game called HARDWARE. GAAHHH. On the other hand this game sounds a bit like T’Rain in Neal Stephenson’s new book REAMDE with the resource management and mining and real-world conditions.
Matthew Yglesias writes about Dave Banks writing about how Skyrim is going to destroy the world:
Behold the Virtusphere! I want.
From Motherboard.tv:
Virtual reality is one of those buzzword concepts that seems to be reattempted every decade. The last generation of serious attempts, those in the video game world in the early-to mid-nineties, were either headache-filled, nausea-inducing disasters or just expensive and not very fun. In any case, anything claiming to be virtual reality seemed like not much more than a half-baked attempt at skirting false-advertising laws while still making futuristic claims on toy boxes.
Enter inventor Ray Latypov, who, along with his brother Nerulla, invented the Virtusphere, an enormous egg-looking pod that offers users the chance to dive headfirst into whatever virtual reality they choose. Motherboard interviewed Ray in 2009 to find out why he felt like tackling the VR problem and what makes the Virtusphere so great. In short terms, the spherical form factor addresses a huge problem with prior VR attempts: locomotion. The Virtusphere is mounted on omnidirectional rollers that allow users to run around like they’re in a giant hamster ball. Combined with virtual sight and sounds, the Virtusphere covers three of the five senses, and is the most immersive virtual reality device ever invented.
Oldie but a goodie - Troy, an alternate reality game that seems to lead to a 404 error page. OR IS IT?! If you have the time, this is an extremely deliberate exercise in digital voyeurism that was part of the Experimental Gameplay Competition in 2006.
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Recent Tracks
- Izzo (H.O.V.A) by Jay-Z
- In Our Gun by Gomez
- Deep Roots - Allergic by Amon Tobin
- Angel Of Theft (Slayer remix) by Amon Tobin
- Panic Attack by Atmosphere
- Panic Attack by Atmosphere
- SUPER TIGHT by M.I.A.
- Citronella (Clean) by Aesop Rock
- Coffee (feat. John Darnielle) (Dirty) by Aesop Rock
- This Is the Remix by Girl Talk
