patroklus's posterous http://patroklus.posterous.com Most recent posts at patroklus's posterous posterous.com Sat, 30 May 2009 03:21:03 -0700 Google announces 'Wave' of the future. Google's new collaboration tech looks v powerful. Bye bye email, hello waves! http://patroklus.posterous.com/google-announces-wave-of-the-future-googles-n http://patroklus.posterous.com/google-announces-wave-of-the-future-googles-n

I just finished watching the video demo of Google Wave. This could be a great tool for collaborative working environments and a step forward from email and shuttling documents backwards and forwards. I can imagine this making project teams much more effective.

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Mon, 18 May 2009 12:16:55 -0700 'Fallujah' video game cancelled... but "Saw" torture game is okay? http://patroklus.posterous.com/fallujah-video-game-cancelled-but-saw-torture http://patroklus.posterous.com/fallujah-video-game-cancelled-but-saw-torture

Here's an example of the video games industry's odd moral compass - a serious work looking at the Iraq War through the eyes of the participants is withdrawn because it's too controversial. Meanwhile, facile nonsense based on nihilistic torture porn move "Saw" goes ahead. Go figure :)

So, are video games a valid artistic way to explore social issues? If not, why can't this form be used?

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Sun, 17 May 2009 15:02:42 -0700 Obama faces down abortion heckles http://patroklus.posterous.com/obama-faces-down-abortion-heckles http://patroklus.posterous.com/obama-faces-down-abortion-heckles

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Sun, 17 May 2009 14:13:53 -0700 Considerate Builders http://patroklus.posterous.com/considerate-builders-0 http://patroklus.posterous.com/considerate-builders-0
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Shd not swear at the neighbour's - apparently.

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Sun, 17 May 2009 07:07:26 -0700 Considerate Builders http://patroklus.posterous.com/considerate-builders http://patroklus.posterous.com/considerate-builders
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What they shd and shd not do!

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Sun, 17 May 2009 01:58:38 -0700 Locus Amoenus Dedication Ceremony http://patroklus.posterous.com/locus-amoenus-dedication-ceremony http://patroklus.posterous.com/locus-amoenus-dedication-ceremony
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The new residents of the CDS' latest territory - Locus Amoenus - gather for a dedication ceremony in August 2008.
 
Everyone brought an object from their RL homeland to be buried in the temple at the centre of the sim echoing ancient foundation rituals using the first fruits of harvest and an offering of dirt from the homeland of new settlers.

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