Which may not be news to you, but it was to me.
Ender’s Game author Orson Scott Card has identified the greatest threat ever to plague mankind, and you shall know it by its exceptional fashion sense and fondness for all things Judy Garland. From the Mormon Times, via laist.com:
The first and greatest threat from [...]
As seen at WorldNetDaily:
Pastel prairie-style dresses, modest shirts, trousers, long underwear and nightgowns are just some of the new Fundamentalist LDS clothing now available at sensible prices for purchase online.
Members of the church are marketing their modest children’s clothing online, and proceeds are reportedly donated to children who have been affected by the raid on [...]
While the rest of us are content to just hate Bill Gates and Vista (in that order), Reverend Ken Hutcherson is gonna get bluescreen on their asses:
An advocate of a “biblical stance” against divorce and homosexuality, Mr Hutcherson, 55, is asking millions of evangelical activists, as well as Orthodox Jewish and other allies, to buy [...]
Get your rez’s now, because soon you’ll have to stand in a DMV-style line for it. And you’ll have to go to China to do it:
Aug. 20-27, 2007 issue - In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a [...]
Why else would Evangelical Christian group Operation Standup (which is actually just a clever anagram of their true name, “Porn Audio Patents”) send our fighting men and women crappy video games like Left Behind: Eternal Forces?
The game, which raised the ire of many activist groups for its promotion of killing and converting non-Christians, will come [...]
(obRumsfeld: “We know where the FPS are. They’re in the area around Tehran and Karbala and east, west, south and north somewhat.”)
From the Associated Press (via GamePolitics):
TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian hard-line student group unveiled a new video game Monday that simulates an attempt to rescue two Iranian nuclear experts kidnapped by [...]
And then there are those rare days where Second Life seems less disturbing than First Life.
A game aimed at mouth-foaming fanatics takes 5 years to develop, and still nobody wants to play it. Hint: it’s not DDO.
Jesus Loves You Sucker
Mmmmm. Irony tastes like flavored confectionary on a stick.
Or "My first game review of the year." The short version: 4½ out of 5 Crying Baby Jesi.