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Archive for March, 2006

Conservative National Review argues against regulation of video games

Of course lots of Political Left publications are wary of government regulation of video games, but some on the Right, such as the author of an article in the National Review, also agree it’s none of the government’s business to do so. I welcome any allies in this battle.

World of Warcraft as leadership training

I liked this story about a guy who got a good job at Yahoo because of his leadership of a WoW guild. I’m no more prone to believe in a causal link between game playing and good behavior than I am between game playing and bad behavior, but at least the perception of same got this guy a job!

I’m enjoying Object Oriented Programming

I am really enjoying wrapping my head around OOP practices. I’m getting much deeper into coding than I thought I would. It’s a tremendously satisfying mental challenge. It also will allow me to make my own weird little games to a greater degree than I had guessed.

Australian Left (Labor) proposal to block offensive material at ISP level

The leader of the major Left party in Australia, Labor, advocates making it the law that Oz ISPs by default block certain kinds of offensive material, unless otherwise requested by the ISP customer.

I think this is horrid and I oppose Labor’s stance. I am eager to get citizenship so I can speak out on this kind of thing but in the meantime I’ll just try to yammer on to you Aussies who can take action. ;) (continued »)

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