Twitter's "digital exhaust" reveals patterns of unemployment

Screw Narrative Wrappers

Screw Narrative Wrappers:

rdansky:

And here is why I hate the term “narrative wrapper”.

What is a wrapper? It’s something that’s put around an object, not intrinsically part of the object. It’s something that’s taken apart to get to the good stuff. It’s something that’s discarded as unimportant. It’s something that, 9 times out…

Great article. Could your next one be about “narrative rappers”? Thanks.

So cool! Interview with me (in French) by a great young journalist

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Shakespeare translated into Strine (very NSFW)

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Correlation IS NOT causation!

Most hilariously not…

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Shocking news! The US is an oligarchy, not a democracy

“"…the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy…”

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Another nice mention in Joystiq for DotE

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Maybe, just maybe, it's the light at the end of the tunnel

Happy observations from this year’s GDC by rdansky

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31 Reasons Philadelphia Is The Most Underrated City In America

Word.

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And from the same site, photos of the construction of the Titanic

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Gorgeous - French photos of the construction of the Statue of Liberty

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I never knew it was built and tested in France before being shipped to New York.

"Why analysts touting Ukraine's East-West division are just plain wrong"

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Read and learn before you draw conclusions.

IGDA board election time

The community begins to tie the pieces together...

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Everything in our three games is full of Easter eggs, all pointing to each other. It’s fun when the community starts to decrypt it all!

Interview with Dungeon of the Endless lead programmer

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Sebastian shows his stuff.

Ken Levine's amibtious new goal:

“To make narrative-driven games for the core gamer that are highly replayable.”

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Nice phishing attempt

…except the line “…to our offices here in South Africa” with an email address in Finland kinda failed.

Lead Dragon Age writer on sexual roles and inclusiveness in the game

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New odd cocktail

Red pepper, basil, gin, agave syrup. A sunset Bloody Mary.

No "safe" level of alcohol for driving

According to a study based on 570k crashes:

Studied 570k crashes and determined there is *no* “safe” alcohol level for driving:

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There is a professor getting paid for this

Awesome.

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Finally saw the Superbowl Coke commercial

The stuff tastes awful and is bad for you, but now I want to buy it.

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Review of mobile Dungeon Keeper

Full of well-deserved NSFW language.

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