Author Archives: Dave

Dads Effect 2 Oops I Mean Mass Effect 2 Lol Not Sure What Happened There

Posted on April 21, 2014 by

I finished Mass Effect 2 this weekend. I was really looking forward to it after liking the first one well enough, and everyone told me this one was the best of the trilogy. So when I was having trouble getting … Continue reading →

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I Had That! #12: Star Trek Mego Dolls

Posted on April 20, 2014 by

If you were a science fictiony nerd and it wasn’t yet 1977, Star Trek was your jam. You kids with your Farscapes and your Fireflys and your Battlestars — Galactica and otherwise — can’t imagine what it was like when … Continue reading →

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This Delicious Week

Posted on April 19, 2014 by

Shared bookmarks for delicious user legomancer High End Customizable Sauna Experience Do you have what it takes to be a L33T H4CK3R and beat this dystopian cyberpunk computer game? Tagged as: [games geek] Matt Taibbi: The SuperRich in America Have … Continue reading →

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Five Songs: Fleet Foxes, Tiamat, Dance for the Dying, Paradise Lost, Bastille

Posted on April 18, 2014 by

Way back in October I asked folks here, on Twitter, and on Facebook, to supply me with five songs they want me to listen to. I dutifully collected the lists and then ignored them for months. A couple of people … Continue reading →

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Have I Ranted About Nerds Yet This Year? I Have? Oh Well.

Posted on April 17, 2014 by

Once again it’s time to tell the men of the Internet not to threaten to rape and murder people. You’d think that this only needs to be said a few times, if at all, but nope, the message still hasn’t … Continue reading →

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This is What Passes for Political Engagement in America

Posted on April 16, 2014 by

This is a friend of a friend, talking about that Nevada Rancher nonsense. “It’s called Civil Disobedience, and it’s protected under the law.”

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If a Game Doesn’t Let You Adjust Blade Tang on Swordsman Units, Is It Really a Civilization Game?

Posted on April 15, 2014 by

The game I have been playing lately on the iPad is Civilization Revolution. This is a big honkin’ deal for me. Back in college, I gave the original Civilization computer game a spin, but I was terrible at it. Once … Continue reading →

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Justified Season 5 Wrap-Up (Spoilers Galore!)

Posted on April 14, 2014 by

Left to Right: Interesting character pointlessly killed, interesting character pointlessly killed, Boyd Crowder. About halfway through this season of Justified I was thinking it was going to go down with season two as one of the best ever. My prediction … Continue reading →

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