@98: Teresa, here's the post written by VB that was deleted, according to the LAT post: link.

@98: Teresa, the LAT post on this indicates that one story deleted was written by VB. Is that wrong?

Link.

It seems clear the big mistake was the hushing -- both not mentioning the "unpublication"(?) when it occurred, and vigorously policing comments about it as though that could somehow keep it quiet.

In the face of that damage, y'all's continuing decision not to tell us what's up is disheartening, but maybe we'll get over it.

The king tried to ban TV, too (for everyone, not just the legislature).

"Violent videogames" is the wrong headline for a study of WoW, even if it does have killing in it. Playing WoW is probably more like shopping than being angry, something I gather the researchers didn't control for.

George Lucas can Numa-roll me any time

Don't be an ass; that's Avril Lavigne.

Yes, I'm not sure this matters if the foods are what they say they are.

What's this? "Collective intelligence" arises from the interactions of a bunch of agents who are all individually intelligent?

The PSP puzzler "Crush" has precisely this mechanic.

Denverts.

I, um, still wear the Casio cheapie this design is ripped from. "Retro" or not, it's not as though the model's been discontinued.

Also, apparently it's popular with terrorists.

Yes, that's funny. On the other hand, the assumption "that the carrier is lying or otherwise withholding some critical information" doesn't seem like a bad one in general. I sense pro-pilot bias.

Amusingly, his "Sh'mup tactics" concept rather resembles the Japanese game R-Type tactics.