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Eric

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About Me

Yeah, about me...

My Interests

Press releases. Neurons. Industrial design. Timbre. Bias. Sleep. Mint Juleps. Ambivalence. Expertise.

I'd like to meet:

Grimace. Cringer. Captain N. At least one of the Shirt Tales. Come to think of it, we did HyperColor technology almost 20 years ago; you're telling me the only creature to date who has the ability to project their inner feelings onto their t-shirt is a talking panda who lives under Central Park with her fellow zoo escapees? Hurry up, technology.

Music:

1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Movies:

Starting to watch them again.

Television:

Castro's Castle. Radio plays from the 40's. I know this is about television, but can you just imagine a friendly voice coming from the heavens telling you to buy war bonds and delicious cigarettes? That's much more interesting.

Books:

Magazines. Or periodicals, if you will. And podcasts. And books on tape. And blogs. Oh, and books, too - but only lately again. Still a voracious, slobbering, insatiable reader, though, regardless of delivery method.

Heroes:

David Foster Wallace. Harry Shearer. Satire is not a blunt instrument, you know.

My Blog

le video game episode 60 - two whole years

This week on the podcast:This second-anniversary show features more of the stories from the darkest corners of the virtual world that never fail to impress and/or horrify. This week: Mothers Against D...
Posted by Eric on Wed, 14 May 2008 11:16:00 PST

le video game episode 59 - the unfriendly skies

This week on the podcast:Playing games in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. Playing games with U.S. spies so they'll finally learn. The advergames of Pop Tarts. Fun with air traffic cataclysms. And a litt...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:55:00 PST

le video game episode 58 - thank you virtual cleveland, goodnight

This week on the show, get a status update on the virtual version of the city of Cleveland. Hint: they are virtually ready to rock. Also, Wargames, Games from the Open Market, the Political Game, and ...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:58:00 PST

le video game episode 57 - girl, you’ll be a bimbo soon

The Bimbo game is here, and millions of little girls all over Europe are getting breast implants for their virtual dolls. That might be a problem. Also, Britain goes to war with Canada, Australia&rsqu...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:49:00 PST

le video game episode 56 - virtual homies

On the podcast:This week, China goes for the gold as its official website features pirated flash games stolen from the internet. Also, the Holocaust on your Nintendo DS - and in an unrelated story, Jo...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:09:00 PST

le video game episode 55 - won’t get rick-rolled again

The Doom of Rick Astley looms large over this episode, as the U.S. government infiltrates online games to find the evildoers, dispatches robots sent to kill them in the streets, and only the Bratz Bab...
Posted by Eric on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:36:00 PST

le video game episode 54 - now you know better

This week, Le Video Game explores the online games of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. I can't believe it's not real. Oh wait. It is real. This is all so terribly real. Also, China cracks down on cybe...
Posted by Eric on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:38:00 PST

le video game episode 53 - virtually sexually frustrated

Sex is the topic of this week's show, or rather, its absence. Explicit sex is the fabrication of Fox News reporting on the game Mass Effect (heh heh, Mass Effect, huh huh), it is the missing ingredien...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:55:00 PST

le video game episode 52 - mario for president

Enjoy this electioneering episode of the show, featuring U.S. presidential candidates jousting with ostriches in scenic Myrtle Beach, plus Mario giving the current Canadian Prime Minister a run for hi...
Posted by Eric on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:56:00 PST

le video game episode 51 - man bites wii

The best news story of all time: the Mexican government has outsourced its plan to reduce childhood obesity to Pepsi, whose solution is to make the children drink Pepsi and play video games. Did I men...
Posted by Eric on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:28:00 PST