Good video games are addictive, right? From Pong to Tetris to World of Warcraft, the greatest game designers are those that manage to get the players of their games to spend endless hours sitting in front of them. Is that now a dangerous approach?
A lawsuit by an addicted game player against the maker of Lineage II is being allowed to go to trial. Is it possible to make a game so awesome that it is negligent by virtue of how awesome it is?
(Sebastian Kruger paints Clint Eastwood.)
In the world of historical art, some 2,000-year-old wall paintings have been (largely) restored.
Finally, do not try to steal marijuana from growers in rural British Columbia — it is guarded by bears.
I first discovered Rosie Hardy’s photography in June last year, when a photo on BoingBoing led me to her Flickr account.
Earlier this week, Rosie announced the release of her new websites on Twitter: One for her portfolio, and another for those who want to pay her for taking photos of particular subjects.
This has prompted me to realize that I have only ever posted one of Ms. Hardy’s photos on the Big Bad Blog. To make amends to my readers, who deserve a whole lotta Rosie, the Big Bad Blog today presents a couple of her self portraits.
Enjoy.
The Guardian writes that “Noah’s Ark was circular”, which is a pretty moronic headline for a somewhat interesting article about the translation of a new source of the Noah’s Ark story. A funny reaction is that of the Institute for Creation Research, attempting to debunk the new translation and reaffirm the biblical version as “fact”. The intellectual dishonesty is so blatant that it’s … well, funny.
(Gunpowder art by Cai Guo-Qiang)
Town and village courts in New York State sound very frightening. The article includes an example of a judge who responded to a request for a restraining order from a battered woman with the comment: “Every woman needs a good pounding every now and then.”
Are cupcakes better without frills? The Butch Bakery thinks so.
Living in the future, as we do, we are sometimes confronted by bizarre questions, such as “is it ethical to clone yourself and harvest the organs?” Today we are forced to contemplate a future in which we are all Spiderman.
(from Joseph Zohn)
Take a photograph in Seattle, be sued by an artist who was commissioned to create art in a public space. We at the Big Bad Blog wonder why he has not sued Google — the sidewalks in the area are clearly visible in Google Street View.
Those of you who are saddened by your inability to read a Neil Gaiman book while simultaneously watching Doctor Who episodes can now rejoice — you will not have to choose between them, for a forty-five minute span in 2011.
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