February 2012
8 posts
Gaming The Hunger Games
Okay, a little background. In Suzanne Collins’s bestseller The Hunger Games, the Capitol of post collapse America keeps the 12 Districts under its control by staging humiliating “Hunger Games” every year, where two randomly selected kids from each district are thrown into an arena every year and forced to fight to the death.
The lottery, or “reaping” is set up so...
The Anti-Sex Movement
I often see the argument that the pro-life movement should support safer sex, as contraception and comprehensive sex education have been empirically proven to reduce the rate of unwanted pregnancies. This argument will not work, because the “pro-life” movement is disingenuous. It is not the abortions that they object to, it’s the safe sex itself.
The Right focuses on abortion as...
January 2012
4 posts
December 2011
8 posts
“The gay and lesbian community of Minnesota has issued a letter of apology to...”
– Gay community apologizes to Amy Koch for ruining her marriage - Minneapolis News
This is so fucking fabulous. (via rachelfershleiser)
It’s a [insert Holiday of your choice] miracle!
“Wizards often use a staff, because it works as a sort of capacitor for magical...”
– The Rules of Magic, According to the Greatest Fantasy Sagas of All Time on how to utilize magic in Discworld
November 2011
2 posts
The Missed Opportunity of Batman: Arkham City
All right, so I have been playing a massive amount of Batman: Arkham City.
My review is basically the same as my review of the first game, Arkham Asylum: as a Batman simulator, giving you, the player, the ability to beat up thugs and hunt down criminals like Batman, the game is great. As a Batman story, it is nonsensical bordering on terrible.
One problem (of many) with the story of the first...
October 2011
3 posts
Dear Creature On Sale TODAY
Okay people! Today’s the day! Dear Creature is ON SALE RIGHT NOW. Now’s the time to run up to the store and buy all the copies they have and then demand they order 10 more.
Also, you know, you get to read it!
GO, BUY IT NOW:
Amazon
Indiebound
Barnes & Noble
BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT:
“With expressive art and clever writing in Dear Creature, Jonathan Case...
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The Advance Team Pre-order →
germantorres:
We already have on Amazon and other stores the graphic novel “The Advance Team”, written by Will Pfeifer and illustrated by me. At the moment it’s only for pre-order, but you can save 32% off the cover prize!!!
AMAZON - BARNES & NOBLE - INDIEBOUND
…
I am SO PROUD of this book, you guys! It is so much fun!
September 2011
6 posts
Record-High 86% of Americans Approve of... →
nickdouglas:
Almost one in four Republicans disapprove of interracial marriage.
Granted, only 30% of them believe in evolution, so they’re probably still getting their race relations guidelines from a book that tells slaves not to run away.
This is just to say
I have fucked
your wife
that was in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for burial
Forgive me
she was delicious
so sweet
and so cold
3 tags
August 2011
10 posts
“I was lured on a date thinking I’d met a normal finance guy, only to realize he...”
– My Brief OkCupid Affair With a World Champion Magic: The Gathering Player
Wait, I’m sorry, we’re supposed to believe that former is more desirable than the latter?
Is… is this a joke, maybe? Because I really want it to be a joke.
2 tags
“A child knows that real crabs on the beach do not sing and talk like the cartoon...”
– Grant Morrison, Supergods (via tompeyer)
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July 2011
5 posts
periscopestudio:
Jonathan Case’s graphic novel Dear Creature is a Staff Pick in this month’s Diamond Comics Previews mag. Here’s an original art piece offered by Mr. Case depicting characters from his story.
Out in October from Tor Books, Dear Creature is available to preorder from Jonathan’s online store (with special numbered editions), your favorite comic shop (SKU JUL111244) or any of your...
Pre-Order DEAR CREATURE at your local comic shop!
In this month’s Previews (Diamond Comics Distributor’s catalog), you can find Dear Creature, Jonathan Case’s tender love story of Shakespeare, surf, and atomic sea mutants.
That’s this month’s Previews (yes, the one with the new Jim Lee Justice League), and the SKU is JUL111244, which means you can pre-order it from your local comic book store now, NOW, NOW!
But...
June 2011
11 posts
