Saturday morning linkdump.
* Fiona sent along this image as the last word on my "Is Infinite Jest science fiction?" post.
* Good news, everyone! Fox and the Futurama voice cast have reached a deal.
* This is the way the MMORPG ends: The Matrix Online has incorporated its upcoming coming shutdown into the story itself. Via Kottke.
* American Castles.
* You're (probably) a federal criminal.
* Man is his sushi: Abhay Khosla's Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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Saturday, August 01, 2009
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Labels: America, castles, crime, Dracula, Fox, Futurama, Infinite Jest, Infinite Summer, literature, MMORPGs, science fiction, vampires
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Wednesday catchup.
* Rest in peace, Rosie the Riveter.
* Dollhouse tease: Joss will write and direct the premiere.
* Transformers FAQ. Spoiler alert:
I am already incredibly sick of this movie, and I'm just typing questions about it. Sam resurrects Optimus, Optimus kills the Fallen, end of story, right?* MMORGS and sociology: "City of Heroes character 'Twixt' becomes game's most hated outcast courtesy of Loyola professor." Via MeFi.
Pretty close. Sam dies, though.
Really?
Yeah, for a little while. But then the Transformers in heaven send him back because he still has work to do.
Fuck you.
I'm serious.
Fuck you. There's no way.
It's true. The 6-7 Primes are there in the clouds like Mufasa's head in The Lion King, and tell Sam he's awesome and he needs to live again so he can bring Optimus back to life.
* "Judgment Day," famous anti-racist EC comic from 1953, controversial in its day, at Comics Should Be Good:

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Labels: comics, Dollhouse, FAQs, feminism, games, Joss Whedon, MMORPGs, race, Rosie the Riveter, Transformers
Thursday, January 15, 2009
You had me at "reviving Zork."