Tannhauser's Journal

There's something about you, that makes me feel angry
Technology and its abuses; which started, as a thought, from this image, presented to me by the usually less disturbing

nedrichards. For those not familiar with the vagaries of ragdoll physics or Deus Ex 2, the person in the case has been rendered either dead or unconscious and dropped into her own luggage. It's something that the game presumably did not intend for you to do, but which, thanks to the freedom of action provided, is perfectly possible.

This in turn reminded me of the Cantina Crawl, in which those who have decided that they want to be entertainers in online Star Wars role-playing (and who didn't want to be the elephant playing the keyboards?) get together for beautifully choreographed digital dance sequences. Cantina Crawl XII, although protesting about perhaps the world's tiniest problem, is a remarkable document of how online communities based around dirty dancing on Dantooine can produce works of startling polemic intensity.

Which takes up back to DeLappe, and ultimately maybe to poor deluded Sanford Lewin.

So, what do you use games for? As mentioned before, I primarily use them to meet girls.

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