This is a vice presidential candidate? Seriously? [25 Sep 2008|10:26am] [ mood | annoyed ] Damnit, I'm trying to avoid seeing political idiocy, but my friends keep posting train wrecks... The McCain campaign thinks THIS is vice-president material? Ok, yes, I know, it is the party that picked Quayle, but at least in that case there weren't serious fears that the Presidential candidate was going to die of cancer in short order... 5 comments|post comment

lack of cool links posts [25 Sep 2008|10:31am] BTW, sorry everybody that I just don't do so much linking to cool stuff on the net these days. Hopefully reports on my breakfast and the occasional OMG I can't believe it political link aren't too deathly boring, heh. :) post comment

Fascinating, Scary, and I can believe it based on personal experience [25 Sep 2008|03:11pm] [ mood | despairing ] "We like to think that people will be well informed before making important decisions, such as who to vote for, but the truth is that's not always the case. Being uninformed is one thing, but having a population that's actively misinformed presents problems when it comes to participating in the national debate, or the democratic process. If the findings of some political scientists are right, attempting to correct misinformation might do nothing more than reinforce the false belief." Scary, but very believable based on experiences discussing everything from the computer flame wars (Amiga vs Atari, Mac vs PC, etc.), to politics to programming (Thankfully fightable there because ultimately objective truths are objective) to game design (less fightable, though it is rare I have to argue with people who have diametrically opposed design views since fun is much less of a belief thing). It says bad things for democracy and debate, which is worrisome in the extreme, since our form of government is moderateyl predicated on voters being rational and informed, though not as much so as free markets require. Mrfle. post comment

Headdesk [25 Sep 2008|04:12pm] [ mood | horrified ] Ouch, other bits that didn't make it into the aired segment are equally terrible. Watch CBS Videos Online The pain. 4 comments|post comment

Work [25 Sep 2008|05:19pm] [ mood | accomplished ] So I'm finishing up my seventh week at Cryptic, and I'm very happy with the move overall. Champions Online is really fun to work on, and my coworkers are great. We've had lots of deep and interesting discussions about game design. It is more focused than Wizards was, which is both a good and a bad thing, I miss the broader discussions that tended to occur at WotC, but on the other hand, there is a real focus on implementable design (because of the technical challenges we face in making computer games) that fits well with my attitudes. Lunch outings are fun, building critters is fun, there is a ton of work to do, and I'm feeling useful, needed, and productive. Yay. :) 2 comments|post comment

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