December 2011
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Obligatory "best of times/worst of times" post
Favorite things about 2011:
Another year with Dakota.
Another Penny Arcade Expo and trip to Seattle, this time with Dakota.
Bastion was my favorite game of the year. Its themes on inequality and racism, combined with its brilliant soundtrack, visionary voice acting and tight combat have left me thinking about the game almost every day. This was a huge year of wins for indie games and the...
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Sometimes I judge our current financial status by...
And at first I’m embarrassed, but then I remember that we have brie, and American, and parmesan, and cheddar, and munster, and mozzorella, and I am glad.
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“It is a horrible idea that there is somebody who owns us, who makes us, who...”
– Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011 (via craigcrossley)
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“If every trace of every single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed...”
– Penn Jillette (American magician, comedian, author)
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Man child, I am
Just got these in the mail and thought the internet should know about it.
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Brother Cavil: In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova?
Ellen Tigh: No.
Brother Cavil: No? Well, I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum. With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air.
Ellen Tigh: The five of us designed you to be as human as possible.
Brother Cavil: I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! And why? Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way!
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