Unwinnable

“The Third of May, 1808“  is a painting completed in 1814 by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (more…)

John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded and killed by federal troops near Bowling Green, Virginia on this day. Then there was BioShock Infinite. Well, what are you doing this weekend?
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A discarded porno mag, a tabloid newspaper, a raunchy sex scene in a late-night TV movie: we all have a story, our first encounter with the world of sex, that fateful flick of the proverbial switch that’ll never turn off again. It’s the way of all things, the birds and the bees, the polygons of Lara Croft’s breasts.

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Here we are with episode 44, with Jay Pullman from Josh and Jay’s Excellent Video Game Show!

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Sometimes, you have to start over to realize just how far you’ve come. Today, I did that with the new Tomb Raider, playing through the first hour or so just two nights after finishing my first playthrough. There was Lara, fresh-faced and wide-eyed, unscarred and unilluminated. Once again, she had no idea what tests awaited her in the hours ahead. (more…)

Today, in 1971, Joe Frazier beat Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden in what many call the Fight of the Century. So what do you have on tap for the next 48? (more…)

Today in 1893, Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri. That’s pretty cool. What are you doing this weekend?

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