The Penalty Box

I came across this commentary by a professor at an art & design college. He posits that the problem with sex in video games is that there isn’t enough of it. That is, the sex that there is in games is exploitative, rather than artistic. Therefore it is not considered acceptable, unlike the movie industry and other forms of media. It’s a pretty good argument; it’s rational, unlike the ubiquitous “WON’T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN??!” hysteria that currently grips western culture.

1) I’m going to see Spamalot! It’s coming to Vancouver in July.

2) Freaking awesome Stanley Cup ad, in time for the finals:

This podcast has a fantastic discussion as to why the US economy (and by proxy, most of the economies of the world) are crappy at the moment.  It’s an explanation of how the American housing market went from “can’t lose investment” to “Forclosure City.”  It’s lengthy, but worth a listen even for the first 20 minutes or so.  Put it on your music player of choice and listen on the way to school/work.

Admittedly, it’s kind of depressing, but you’ll also probably WTF a few times at the atrocious business practice that was essentially a “keeping up with the Joneses” strategy.  It’s worse than the dot com VC funding extravaganza.