Tigris and Euphrates

By KindaGamey On May 28th, 2008

I purchased two board games online that are on their way:

Mr. Jack

Players – 2
Play Time – 30 Minutes
BoardGameGeek: link

I heard that this was an exceptional board game for two players. L and I are not in the habit of pouring a glass of wine and busting out a board game, but perhaps this will be a good start in that direction.

The game involves one player playing the part of Jack and the other player trying to determine which of the eight suspects on the board is Jack before Jack escapes and wins the game. The investigator may only make ONE accusation, so it better be right.

The graphical style is really well done and should make the game a joy to play:

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Ashes and Snow

By KindaGamey On May 27th, 2008

Some cellphone pics and links to other places.

The Secret Sun

http://secretsun.blogspot.com

I meant to link to this fellow’s blog before. Mr. Christopher Loring Knowles (author of Our Gods Wear Spandex) is writing a book about esoteric symbolism hidden in movies. Want to know the Greek mythology behind the plot of the X-Files? Want to know all the movie posters with light beams coming down from above? Want to know about the 1950s-era Superman androgyny crisis during the heyday of repressed Republican fantasy? He’s your man.

Those types of blogs are the kinds of well-polished, focused, singular of purpose blogs that would make me ashamed of my contribution were it not for my having suppressed the fragile ego and realizing that, strange as it is, my chaotic blog has a place in this world as well.

Alter Ego

http://www.theblackforge.net/

A very simple and powerful ‘game’ experience resurrected from long ago. Play your life over again. Start as an infant and work your way up to adulthood. Make choices. Experiment with how the world reacts. Experiment with how you react to the world.

Ashes and Snow

http://www.ashesandsnow.org/

A flash experience of pictures and sound. Make sure nothing else is running on your computer or it could slow it down. Click the link and then click Explore.

How a Magnet Turned Off My Speech (article) – A magnet pulsed into your speech center can block your ability to speak.

I am reciting a nursery rhyme as he moves the coil about and delivers a high powered pulse, signified by snapping noise, a twitch on my scalp and an unpleasant, though pain free, nervy feeling in my mouth.

Finally he located my Broca’s and the train of pulses stopped me in my tracks. I wanted to recite the rhyme but stumbled and stuttered as my speech area was disabled.

Some have used it to induce electrical changes in the brain’s temporal lobes, which have been linked with religious belief, because some sufferers of temporal lobe epilepsy seem to experience hallucinations that bear a striking resemblance to mystical experiences of holy figures.

Randy Winters interviewed by Art Bell on Coast to Coast discusses the Pleiadians and the strange case of Billy Meir.

Newsflash

By KindaGamey On May 25th, 2008

Mars Landing LIVE Today 7PM+ SCIENCE Channel HD

Science Channel will broadcast live coverage of mankind’s next major step in Mars exploration with MARS LIVE: THE PHOENIX LANDS premiering Sunday, May 25, 2008, from 7-9 PM (ET) and 4-6 PM (PT). Originating LIVE from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. and the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, the program will give viewers a first look at photos sent back from the Mars surface.

MarsDaily.com

HBO Films – RECOUNT – Tonight at 9PM

Two-time OscarĀ®-winner Kevin Spacey leads an outstanding cast in this illuminating, highly entertaining film that pulls back the veil on the headlines to explore the human drama surrounding the most controversial presidential election in U.S. history.

HBO Films

Defender of the Crown

I found an old Commodore 64/Amiga game called ‘Defender of the Crown‘ redone in Shockwave. Man, that game rocked:

Cinemaware.com

I Need More Sitar In My Life

I walked into Plan 9 Records and told the bald tattooed fellow that I needed more sitar in my life. He walked me right over and said, “He taught the Beatles. What more do you need?”


Amazon.com

McCain’s Cock and Balls

By KindaGamey On May 23rd, 2008