Day 54: Pledging Confusion To The Flags Of Burma

originally published February 23, 2012 Flags can tell a lot about a nation’s history. And the story is always that much more interesting when the nation in question has a history as full of defeat, imperialism and international bitch-slapping as Burma. This is the Golden Hintha flag, used by Burma from about 1300 to 1500. […]

Day 48: The George Cole Reality Show

originally published February 17, 2012 Today I’m writing reality-show style, since the genre of reality shows looks like it will never go away. Also, the shows have become so low-concept lately, it doesn’t seem that much of a stretch for me to vote off the lesser contestants until I can find the best George Cole […]

Day 45: How I Almost Sort Of Became President (But Not Really)

originally published February 14, 2012 What makes a video game fun? I’m currently in a video game narrative class, and this question has come up a lot. Surprisingly, the answer is not always “boobies”. But the theoretical hinge seems to creak between blowing stuff up in a fantastical setting or absolute immersion into real life. […]