by Didact | Nov 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Unless you’ve been living under a very large rock, you will undoubtedly know what happened in Paris last Friday. Nearly 130 people are dead; more than 300 are injured. And make no mistake- these people were casualties of a war between Islam, and the rest of...
by Didact | Nov 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
The last thing that I expected to see when I woke up this morning was that Ronda Rousey just got her ass beat by a challenger for her bantamweight title. But that, as it happens, is precisely what took place yesterday. Skip the first two minutes, it’s just...
by Didact | Nov 16, 2015 | HALO, Uncategorized
Not perhaps entirely accurate, but still highly respectful of the best franchise in gaming: Actually… that Honest Game Trailer is indeed quite honest. And it goes without saying that spending money on HALO is definitely a far better use of it, and...
by Didact | Nov 12, 2015 | HALO, Uncategorized
The most anticipated game of the year- hell, of the last three years, as far as I am concerned- finally made its way into my mitts on October 28th, and I promptly proceeded to spend the next five days blasting merrily away at Covenant and Forerunner enemies. As...
by Didact | Nov 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Seeing as how LTC Kratman got me thinking about Starship Troopers (not like I need much prodding there, though), I figured we might as well look at the battle hymn that in some ways inspired and is woven into the book itself: No, they’ve got no time for glory in...
by Didact | Nov 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
What Cap said What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly… it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. — Thomas Paine In this consumer-driven, materialistic, selfish age, it is unfashionable in the...
by Didact | Nov 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
The new Star Wars movie, I mean. Here, in the form of a single picture, is every reason why I am not: Why does this poster fill me with foreboding? Well, because this is what the poster looked like for Return of the Jedi, filmed over 30 years ago: Notice...
by Didact | Nov 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
“But this universe consists of paired dualities. What is the converse of authority? Mr. Rico.” He had picked one I could answer. “Responsibility, sir.” “Applause. Both for practical reasons and for mathematically verifiable moral ones, to permit...
by Didact | Nov 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
And I do mean OLD school: That song was recorded in 1982. Thirty-three years later, it has still lost none of its force and power. Neither, for that matter has this song: And nor has this one- which has to be pretty much the dictionary definition of an evergreen...
by Didact | Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Yes, let’s all trust Jeb the Builder to fix all of the problems that ail this country: In the annals of American political slogan-writing, no one has ever borrowed material from a British cartoon. Jeb Bush can fix that. And Twitter can mock him...
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