Author: Dan Dickinson

In mostly alphabetical order:
30-day unlimited ride Metrocards, for making my traveling (mostly) hassle-free.
Apple, for making 40 gig iPods that keep me sane during my commute.
Everyone at and associated with Freeverse, for making the work portion of my life fun and interesting at all times.
Giovanni at Forma Italia, for making the best pizza in the world.
Josh Davis, for being a bad ass motherfucking DJ.
m-flo, for making the best damn hip-hop I’ve heard in years.
People like Atrios, Eric Alterman, and Kevin Drum, for doing their best to keep the world sane.
R Stevens, for the best comic ever.
The people at the laundry place in LaGuardia Plaza, for taking another bit of hassle out of my life.
The people online that affect my life for the better on a regular basis – Jared, Nastassya, Hannah, Paul, Brett, Peter, Corey, Malcolm, Don, Ryan (both of them), Kim, and everyone else I’m forgetting in my tryptophan-induced state.
Thom and Gil, for still checking in regularly.
And as always, Katie, for being all I could ever ask for.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. And never forget the epic words of one of the world’s most famous actresses in one of the most talked about movies of this year…
“It’s turkey time. Come on, gobble, gobble!”

Rockstar loves controversy, and controversy loves Rockstar.
Grand Theft Auto, after years of being a sleeper hit, rose to national attention with GTA 3 and Vice City, and countless news reports were done on what the effect might be on the youth of the world. Lawsuits were filed. Millions of games were sold.
State Of Emergency got off the ground to similar effects, except that the game was so uniformly bland that the attention rapidly dwindled.
But now, with practically no advertising, Rockstar has released what may be their most violent game ever. Titled Manhunt, the game revolves around a man on Death Row being falsely executed, thrown into a run down city, and forced to fight for his life while the “Director” hisses directions in his earpiece and videotapes the whole thing.
Yup, it’s the only video game where you are an unwilling actor in a snuff film series. Read on, won’t you?

I went back to Best Buy at 6 PM, after I got off work.
Lo and behold, four copies of Midway Arcade Treasures were out.
I am so busting that kid with the manager next time I have a free minute.