Ever since my video card died, and I pseudo-permanently let my neighbor borrow my Wii, I’ve had to get my video game fixes from interesting sources. Nethack, labeled by many as the best video game ever, is basically Diablo, circa 1987. It’s free, open-source, and available here. Nethack
A year ago I wrote a story called IMAGINE [http://daydalus.net/AComingCold/index.php?story=Imagine] about an dickhead investment banker. I figured it was an over the top caricature, an experiment in modern villainy. Having read this article [http://nymag.com/news/business/51402/], I’m not so
London, 1714. Here ends an immense saga, Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle. It’s been three years in the reading, a tome each late spring stretching through the dog days of summer. But it’s a welcome tradition. If the first novel was vibrant exploration of the scientific revolution from