The Interpreter by John Colapinto
“To Everett, the Pirahã’s unswerving dedication to empirical reality—he called it the ‘immediacy-of-experience principle’ —explained their resistance to Christianity, since the Pirahã had always reacted to stories about Christ by asking, ‘Have you met this man?'”
The Big Scam by Nightfreeze.
It doesn’t matter if this did happen – it could have happened, which makes Eve Online one of the few games that matter.
Another Essjay Essay by Jason Scott
If a picture of the future is really a boot stomping on a throat forever, this is the first post detailing how the way we’re controlling and dispensing information is going to allow it to happen.
Somewhere Nearby is Colossal Cave: Examining Will Crowther’s Original “Adventure” in Code and in Kentucky by Professor Dennis G. Jerz
The most important document in the history of Interactive Fiction.
Extra Cheese by Ben Parrish
I think this period piece pretty much sums up being a single guy in the late 90s, actually. Good Christ!
Poppy Game Insult to Our War Dead by Stuart Campbell and Jonathan Nash
At one point there was such a thing as video game journalism you could be proud of. The rest of the press did everything they could to fuck it all up, natch.
Half-Life Mod Preview Two: Jay Schilling Edition by Fussbett, Toutsuite, conflictNo, The Cable Brothers and Erik
Everyone made fun of in this article is probably writing video game reviews for Gamespot now, actually.
Rob O'Hara
[You left off a quotation mark in your ‘big scam’ link]
I’m honored to find my work in such good company. Several pages added to my must-read list.