Experiencing G.I. Joe again after all these years, reminds us of those days when we would setup elaborate battlegrounds in our rooms, using common household items, to pit G.I. Joe action figures against Cobra Command action figures. Now, a couple of decades later, when we picked the latest game based in the G.I. Joe universe, the feeling was one of nostalgia and mirth at the ignomity of two well-equipped power hungry groups fighting for control [...]

Darkness descends on Gotham City. The night sky is obscured by dark clouds lashing rain over a dark Gothic cityscape. Moonlight pierces through this gloomy curtain, illuminating a deserted road — the Dark Knight approaches. A Serious House on Serious Earth The Joker has a party planned for The Batman and the venue could not be any better than Arkham Asylum. The asylum is a mansion on a virtually isolated island with a dubious reputation [...]

Ever since computers became personal, a strange kind of ethic has evolved in those who push the limits of what their machines and applications can do. A number of sub-cultures have evolved around computers, where hardware and software are used for purposes that they were not designed for. The scope of such experimentation is wide, ranging from bending pins on a circuit board for creating music to writing haiku in languages meant for coding. The [...]