I then realized I was contrasting my aesthetic sensitivity to that of some teenagers about a game that concerns itself with shooting as many zombies as possible. It is moments like this that can make it so dispritingly difficult to care about video games. ~author Tom Bissell I’ve been an adventure game addict since I bought my first computer back in the Dark Ages of 1982-the game that hooked me was Infocom’s Zork. My latest video game love is The Witcher 2, an adventure game with a lot more fighting and running than puzzling and thinking. I still find myself…
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J. Michael Straczynski and Wonder Woman
For sci fi geeks like me, J. Michael Straczynski will always and forever be the man behind Babylon 5. Though he has moved well beyond the world of bozo haired aliens and space opera-the last time I heard his name he was proudly proclaiming that Changeling was a true story. The news today is that Wonder Woman has been given a makeover-again-and that she is ready to move into the 21th century. I like the new look, but then, I like the old look as well. Wonder Woman is like Superman, she is an icon of the comic book world-but…