These winner-takes-all games, like poker, in the end lead only to a show-down. As the geographical expansion of states has come to an end, the only avenues now available for expansion are consumption and finance. Rising population dictates increased use of oil, therefore increasing demand.
What Rising Are We Celebrating?
In spite of my best efforts Easter was a lost cause today, and I do not feel up to the task of taking on the martial element of what replaced it. Yet I cannot let it pass without protest, and for this reason I want to think about peace – because this is what both celebrations should have been about.
Classic Games and Training the Corporate Mindset
Follow @UrFhasaidh Way back in the mid-90s it was Mick who introduced me to one of my favourite video games of all time. It has weathered the years very well. It might even be the Monopoly of the computer game generation, and for precisely the same reasons. Transport Tycoon lacks all the sophisticated graphics and … Continue reading Classic Games and Training the Corporate Mindset
Wreck-It Ralph: A Theodicy Out of the Mouths of Babes
Follow @UrFhasaidh Don’t laugh. It isn’t every day I watch a children’s movie, but for a couple of reasons I have made an exception for Wreck-It Ralph. Someone special in my life loves kids’ movies, and I have a thing for retro video games, so this was a film I was going to see eventually, … Continue reading Wreck-It Ralph: A Theodicy Out of the Mouths of Babes