Games: A Gamers' Manifesto

A great article written by an enthusiastic gamer. I hope plenty of game designers and programmers read this.

Humor: The Hollywood Operating System

I came accross this while using the StumbleUpon extension for Firefox. They forgot a couple of things though:

Law enforcement agencies (and private security personnel a la Las Vegas on NBC), have access to all information on every person in the world.

The Hollywood OS requires no mouse for even the most complex programs - all operations are accomplished by furiously typing (randomly) on the keyboard.

Quote of the Day: C. S. Lewis

This is extremely relevant these days, and it's from one of my favorite authors so I had to post it:

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

- C. S. Lewis

Movies: Review: Flightplan

Not bad. The only problem I had with it was the "shocking" plot twist toward the end. I won't give it away, but it seemed like the writers thought it would have a much bigger impact than it did - it just sort of fizzled. Other than that a pretty decent film.

Bottom line: You might want to skip this one and wait for the DVD. There's plenty of other films to see in the theaters this month.