Hey, how are ya? Good? Glad to hear it. Let’s read some news: – Markus “Notch” Persson, creator of Minecraft, has celebrated the game’s 5 millionth sale by spreading 3 million dollars among his employees. – BioShock Infinite on PS3 will also include a copy of the original game. Not a bad reason to o
Finally, some explanations for why I don’t play Call of Duty online. According to researchers, when people win, they don’t take it humbly. It turns them into, well, jerks: “It seems that people have a tendency to stomp down on those they have defeated, to really rub it in,” said Brad Bushman, co-aut
The Hero Deck teaches kids how to, well, be heroes through. No better way to get at that than through card-based warfare! See more about the project here. -Jamin Warren
Roger Kimball, editor and publisher of the New Criterion, has a long, curmudgeonly eulogy for the novel in the Weekly Standard this month. He outlines the cultural conditions and requisites that are needed to keep the novel alive and of course, the internet and “instant gratification” is to blame. (