Month: February 2008

  • The People’s Mario

    Saw this on Wil Wheaton’s blog. Apparently at one point there was a rumor that Super Mario Brothers had a “communist agenda”. You can find the … err… proof here: http://nedmartin.org/amused/communist-mario So all of that reading just to setup this animation of how the game would have actually played if it were true: http://terminal71.com/flash/mario.php

  • Chaldean Archbishop kidnapped in Iraq

    65 year old Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho was kidnapped in Iraq today shortly after saying mass. He is a Chaldean Catholic bishop. The three people with him were killed. More info on the kidnapping: USA Today Associate Press Catholic News Service More info on Chaldean Catholics: Wikipedia Catholic Encyclopedia

  • I like Crayons …

    When I grow up I want to be able to play this game, actually, I want it now: Here is a link to the game’s site, unfortunately it is still under development: http://www.kloonigames.com/crayon/

  • Old computing habits die hard …

    I upgraded my system so that I could continue to play Oblivion with lots more of the eye candy turned up and perhaps even dabble in Bioshock but I still have a motherboard with (gasp) AGP. Yes, although I do have an Intel Core 2 Duo, I am still “kicking it old school” in the…