Tag: fiction
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Why Gamification Excites Me
It’s worth establishing right off the bat that (A) gamification is a stupid ugly word; that it (B) is misused and abused to mean shallow vague things of very limited value; and (C) neither of those things diminish the power of that idea. Before I explain to you the immense power behind the incorporation of […]
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My Problem with Fiction
Rparle Everywhere I see people who don’t understand how the world works. This includes, but is hardly limited to, when I’m standing in front of the mirror. To my limited understanding, the world is wonderfully complex place full of wonderfully interesting people doing their absolute best to live the most useful lives they can. And […]
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On Slaying Dragons
For a while, I was obsessed with the idea of slaying dragons. Perhaps it started when I read Tolkien’s immortal tale of The Hobbit, but it didn’t end there. Whenever low clouds would obscure the tops of the nearby foothills, I’d dream about venturing up there to slay the dragon that surely existed within the […]
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iPhones, etc.
“Hello,” I say to the 21 year old stranger waiting in line. “Hello,” says the stranger. “What’s the game?” I ask. “To make manifest the insane desires of materialism run amuck,” he says. “You don’t want the phone?” I ask. “No,” he says, “this is a protest.” “Oh really?” I ask. “Indeed,” he says. “Can […]
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Review: Stranger Than Fiction
Stranger than Fiction is a rare movie. It seems to break all the well-establish rules. But it doesn’t gloat about the way its breaking the rules. Instead it breaks them in a way that makes you wonder why there are rules in the first place. And why others have to break them so boldly and […]