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Seen Any Leprechauns Today?

As all, or most of you should know, today is St. Patrick's Day. It's that one special day when everyone gets to wear their greenest greens, go out and get plastered for no more substantial reason than to get plastere…
Why The Aversion To 'Weird' Meats?

[Pictured Above: Snake Meat] One of the most fascinating things about our planet is the how vastly the food is from country to country. The American palette is probably more limited than most, relegated mostly to the…
Are Female Gamers Underrepresented?

I've been gaming since I first developed motor skills fine enough to hold a controller and push a button simultaneously. Since that point, I've been able to enjoy games not only by myself, but with all of my frien…
Cockblocking Yourself

Most guys don't want to come right out and admit it, but there's a (mostly) universal truth about people who've got some dingle-dangle going on between their legs: they're horny, often. Very often, in fact. Of cours…
Where You Live Isn't Boring, It's You.

At some point, everyone's overheard someone complaining, or had a conversation with a friend about just how boring their surroundings are. Usually it's because, after a certain length of time living in any one place,…
Could You Handle Living In The Wild?

Our culture is steeped in depictions of people surviving disasters, disease outbreaks, fictional invasions of zombies and aliens, and all other manner of world-ending or altering events. We watch people hole themselve…
Crazy Tom Cruise Action Figures

Remember a few years ago when Tom Cruise was going nuts, babbling on about love, Scientology and psychiatry? Sure, it was practically career suicide, but on the other hand, it was also a whole lot of fun, and it could…
Caprica Is Restoring My Faith In Sci-Fi

For a long time, I was really worried about the fate of science fiction. It seemed like everywhere I looked, hardly anyone was interested in the tales of grim futures, space travel and superheroes. Sure, there were a…
How Do You Feel About Nudity In Games?

Gaming has come a long way since Pong. Now we control characters in lifelike, three-dimensional environments and make them engage in activities that range from cooking and pooping all the way to piloting advanced ste…
The Holodeck Would Be The Ultimate Gaming Platform

Though many of you might not be Star Trek fans, I bet most of you are familiar with some of the fictional technology the shows have introduced us to. For example, I can't think of many people who don't know what someo…