Sunday morning linkage
Dec. 18th, 2005 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiThree posts worth reading for the sci-fi fan, on the topic of the rise of fantasy and the need for introductory-level science fiction: Benford and Schweitzer's original thoughts, and (of more interest), the responses from Elizabeth Bear and John Scalzi. At some point, I'm going to have to bite the bullet and buy a Scalzi novel, but I have this fear that, as with Mieville, I'll find him more interesting when writing about fiction than writing fiction itself.
Gamers might want to check out the old-but-new hullaballoo caused by EGM editor Dan Hsu with this editorial on the lack of journalistic ethics in the game reporting industry. It's not news to anyone with, well, a brain (especially since a similar controversy broke in the UK game magazine industry last year), but there's still some good reading there. Followups start here, here, and here.
Also for gamers (and anyone following the seasonal toy rush), Slate examines the X-Box 360 shortage, and asks some very obvious (and therefore often overlooked, especially by gamers) questions about why Microsoft is pricing things the way they do. The conclusion they come to -- incompetence -- is certainly one that many people associate with Microsoft, but few tend to apply it to their gaming division. That said, for once, the Slashdot mob tends to get things right, noting that M$ wouldn't be doing itself any good, image-wise, by jacking the price, and would probably undercut sales in the long run.
Finally, as noted in back-to-back posts on my FL by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
theferrett and muse0fire, today's Doonesbury is one of his funniest and most dead-on strips in years.
Overall, feeling better. Still not with the huge appetite, but I ate breakfast, at least, and I've had my first cup of coffee in nearly three days. So I'm definitely feeling more human.
Gamers might want to check out the old-but-new hullaballoo caused by EGM editor Dan Hsu with this editorial on the lack of journalistic ethics in the game reporting industry. It's not news to anyone with, well, a brain (especially since a similar controversy broke in the UK game magazine industry last year), but there's still some good reading there. Followups start here, here, and here.
Also for gamers (and anyone following the seasonal toy rush), Slate examines the X-Box 360 shortage, and asks some very obvious (and therefore often overlooked, especially by gamers) questions about why Microsoft is pricing things the way they do. The conclusion they come to -- incompetence -- is certainly one that many people associate with Microsoft, but few tend to apply it to their gaming division. That said, for once, the Slashdot mob tends to get things right, noting that M$ wouldn't be doing itself any good, image-wise, by jacking the price, and would probably undercut sales in the long run.
Finally, as noted in back-to-back posts on my FL by
theferrett and muse0fire, today's Doonesbury is one of his funniest and most dead-on strips in years.Overall, feeling better. Still not with the huge appetite, but I ate breakfast, at least, and I've had my first cup of coffee in nearly three days. So I'm definitely feeling more human.