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And therefore, reader, I myself am the subject of my book; it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so frivolous and so vain.
-- Montaigne, Essays, "To the Reader.""I shall see myself, I shall read myself, I shall go into ecstacies, and I shall ask -- Is it possible that I have so much ésprit?"
-- Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols.... the torturer has become – like the pirate and slave trader before him – hostis humani generis, an enemy of all mankind.
-- Filártiga v. Peña-Irala, 630 F.2d 876, 890 (2d Cir. 1980)
Hrm. Never seen that site before. I believe some research may be in order...
ReplyDeleteI often feel like I was born 20 years too early. When I was in high school, having a girl who would even look at a game book was remarkable - having THOSE girls? No freaking way. But now I go to PAX, and I feel like a dirty old man.
Which I am, of course, but it really reminds me a lot.
PAX?
ReplyDeletePenny Arcade Expo. It's very quickly becoming the biggest video game con in the country, and at least so far is still heavily fan/player driven. The corps have realized its importance and started putting in major appearances with lots of prerelease shows and goodies, but haven't taken it over yet. Kinda the best of both worlds.
ReplyDeleteAnd a very good place to appreciate the rise of the girl gamer :)
I just don't know whether I could be attracted to a woman who plays video games. Or D&D 4.0 (same difference).
ReplyDelete... Really, I'm happy WoW wasn't around when I was in h.s./college -- it was really useful that I couldn't play D&D more than once a week, max.