60 FPS is the New breakfast question

Okay! Every time frame rate and performance are discussed in the video game sphere, there is somebody who claims that there is no noticeable difference between 30 frames per second and 60 frames per second in games. My current theory is that there is some fraction of people who neurologically cannot see the difference between high and low framerates. I’ve heard similar discussions regarding frame averaging and 48FPS and 24FPS in films – not that one is better than the other, but that there is no perceivable difference. This could be something like amusia, a condition where a person cannot…

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More Bored but More Entertained

In 2005, where the quality lies

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A Tale of Two Covers

Sometimes comparing apples to oranges is useful

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Prurience

How manchildren and feminists stole media for children

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King Leper Amazon Edition

Heads up that King Leper is now available for order on Amazon in paperback and hardback. The ebook still lands on Friday, but since physical editions take a few days to print up and get shipped, they are live now. They are just a little different from the Kickstarter editions. First, they are a classic deep blue, while the text and the art by Jesse White remain in sepia tones. The hardback is also a laminated hardback, which means the art is printed directly on the cover like a textbook, not on a dust jacket, which is wrapped around the…

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The Ethos of the Age

Or how beliefs motivate various artistic periods

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Pirates of the Caribbean – 20 years later

Really, it’s more than 20

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Afterglow is free (for one more day)

My literary fiction anthology Afterglow: Generation Y is free for one more day over on Amazon. Grab it! There are a lot of diverse stories in there, some of which you can listen to for free on YouTube, but all of them share a common thread – the experiences of the generation born in the 1980s. Pathologically nostalgic in some cases, unable to grow into full adults in others, and for one of them… Well, I won’t spoil what’s really going on Middlebury. Nostalgia is both good and bad. On the one hand, it provides a guide for future decisions.…

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June Plans

Or the lack thereof

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The Batman – A Psychological Thriller, but Batman

And Catwoman is here for some reason, too.

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