Video Games Can Never Be Art (rogertebert.suntimes.com) The first comment Ebert got in response to this article pretty much says just that, and in a lot of ways that may be all that really needs to be said about it. However, I’ve had such a strong reaction to this piece over the past few days that I can’t let it go at just that. As an artist, and as someone who used to play video games a lot (not so much these days because of…
It’s not a secret that I’m not much of a people person. I can handle social situations well at work, and with friends I’ve known for a while and gotten comfortable with, but the kinds of encounters I have to handle when doing miscellaneous things in public make me visibly uncomfortable. (Even with friends I can be reluctant to initiate contact for no good reason, as I’ve been with one new friend lately.) As a result, I like the kinds of inventions that minimize the…
There are times when it is safe to say an event is of historical importance as it is happening. The attacks of 09.11 certainly count as one such instance. President Obama’s election two Novembers ago counts as well. I’m not so convinced that Obama signing the new health care bill into law counts. If it had created a public option, or a single-payer system, or even cut out the intermediaries and let fat-cat CEOs vote directly for our politicians, then sure, they could have brought…
I’m still thirty-three for a couple of more hours. Shaddup. The Goddess blessed me today with a warm and sunny day. I was even able to hold class outside for the first time this calendar year, and I’ve got my window open as I type this up. As I normally do, I’ve spent much of my birthday in meditation, thinking about this past year and all the changes that have happened. Between Mom and I having health problems, Aunt Jo’s death, and all the changes…
It would figure that after getting back to a regular blogging schedule last month, I’d go nearly the entire month this month without posting anything. Given that I need to change to a new content system for the .org now that Blogger is ending FTP support (I’m assuming I’ll have to install WordPress, or rather bribe someone into installing it for me), this is doubly disturbing. My Spring Break started today, though — as usual in Toledo, with several inches of snow on the ground…