My tinfoil hat and I can prove it: The end is NIGH

  House Bill 85 was struck down in the Wyoming State legislature by a vote of 30-27. It was nicknamed the Doomsday Bill, and for good reason. The bill called for a community task force to be assembled in the

Run, Jump, Scavenge: The Next Generation of Apps

  Good news everyone! I have seen the future of app games and it is good. Today I bring you, Zombies, RUN! and SCVNGR. They may not be video games in the strictest sense, but they are an interactive medium.

Virtua Friender: The Costs and Benefits of Expanded Networking In Games

    The Dunbar number is about 150. That’s the number of people we can maintain social relationships with. It’s the maximum size of the hunter-gather tribe. It’s the number of modern army companies.  It’s the average number of people

A Muddled Fountainhead

Some of the greatest works of art were inspired by mythology. Michelangelo’s David and the entire complex of Angkor Wat were both inspired by legends, stories and religious teachings. Nothing resonates like stories divined from a culture’s pantheon. They’re great

Sauntering in a Virtual World

  Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “It is a great art to saunter.” In his essay on walking, Thoreau explained that sauntering is derived from the French phrase, a la Sainte Terre, the saints of the Earth. These saints were

World of Warcraft: The Austrian Paradise

When the caucus results came out in Iowa, Ron Paul declared that we we’re all Austrians now. What he meant was that his followers were supporters of the Austrian School of Economics. A school of thought that was championed by

Id, Ego, and the Super Ego Bros.

Sigmund Freud had some strange ideas, many of which are being revisited by today’s psychologists while others have been completely debunked. But Freud’s Id, Ego, and Super-Ego have stood the test of time. This article is meant to be an