After one final delay (see Gearbox studio head Randy Pitchford's gracious apology), the long, long, long awaited video game Duke Nukem Forever (a.k.a. "The Chinese Democracy of video games") is scheduled to ship on June 14, and it's already gone gold in pre-orders. Check out the latest trailer: I think I actually prefer this older trailer which came out a few months ago: I am … [Read more...] about Hail to the King, Baby!
Libertarianism and the Need For Compassion
A few weeks ago, Peter Moskos asked the folks at The Agitator to explain a few things about libertarianism and the need for compassion. Now, in a fit of shameless self-promotion, I'd like to link to my three part answer at Nobody's Business: Part 1: Ideology Part 2: Force and Freedom Part 3: Compassion Taken together, these form a sort of introduction to libertarianism for … [Read more...] about Libertarianism and the Need For Compassion
See Ya
So I hear that someone somewhere is saying the rapture will happen tomorrow. Of course, for my Jewish and Muslim readers this is no big deal, since everyone knows that only Christians are eligible for rapture. Actually, as my co-blogger Ken pointed out to me the other day, only the really good Christians will be raptured. The rest have to stay here to slug it out with the … [Read more...] about See Ya
TYMURS=UNABOM?
Well...I sure didn't see this one coming: CHICAGO -- The FBI has requested a DNA sample from "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski as part of its investigation into the 1982 deaths of seven Chicago-area people who took cyanide-laced Tylenol from packages that had been tampered with, officials said Thursday. Wouldn't that be something? Damn. I remember the Tylenol poisonings. In a way, we … [Read more...] about TYMURS=UNABOM?
Gaming Alexa Blawg Rankings
About a month ago, although he expressed some doubts about the meaningfulness of blog ranking systems, Jamison Koehler published a list of 26 legal blogs along with their ranks according to the Alexa traffic rank tool. His blog's Alexa rank of 2,011,842 put him at number 12 on the list, just behind me at number 11 with my Alexa rank of 2,011,820. Koehler took it like a … [Read more...] about Gaming Alexa Blawg Rankings