What once seemed like clever storytelling to the 15 year old me –‘official’ documents from military operations, communiques, etc – now feels like a cheap method of info-dumping. This is a book I was really looking forward to rereading – my memory of it being so positive – but it ...
The killing of the dog is a moment that draws us into a deeper involvement in the story, rather than simply giving us a cheap thrill. In a sense, when you consider the end of the film, this involvement turns out to be a trick… but I still think in this case, the dog is not sa...
None of the characters seem real in any way but rather cheap copies of Dukes of Hazard caricatures. While our primary figure is a strong woman, misogyny is rampant throughout the book and I was embarrassed just reading this. Quirky things happen here. That’s okay … quirky things are ...
hit detection is a myth. Even games that functioned properly in terms of mechanics were often designed around the fact that you had infinite time to do the same things over and over until you finally won. Save points were rare, so if you succeeded at something but failed later, you'd ha...
The dam, however, did bring cheap hydropower to the region, which in turn drew Harvey Aluminum to The Dalles in 1958. Like most industrial operations, Harvey was hard on the environment. Shortly after the smelter opened, Harvey and the region’s cherry growers were pulling roughly three times...
I conclude that whenever one nation builds roads into another nation to steal their cheap labor and natural resources, we should not be surprised when the inhabitants of those nations take those same roads and follow all that has been stolen from them. I’m filling in some gaps in my knowle...
There’s a couple of moments involving some practical blood spray but it looks awfully cheap. Not to mention that the film ran well past the forty-minute mark without any kills or on-screen action to speak of. How can a film with this potential for batshit craziness (at least on a ...
A few thoughts on pc games... That which does not kill me, better find a good place to hide
This vacation coincided quite nicely with the release of Warhammer: The old world, and gave me time to muster an army of my own. 3D printed of course, because I’m cheap like that (and could not snag a preorder, dang-it). Starting with the infantry, 2 blocks of Men-at-arms of 18...
On the Home front, President Biden rejoined the other IPCC nations and promised an out effort to attain net zero status by 2050 by increasing solar and wind renewable resources, sources that are cheap. General Motors recently announced that it hopes to go all electric for light duty vehicles ...