Trigger Warning: This post covers instances of sexual assault and rape. As regular readers know, I did not watch the Super Bowl. This was because of my moral objections to supporting a serial assaulter and all-around asshole like Ben Roethlisberger. Luckily, he and the Steelers lost to the Green Bay Packers, so all is right in the [...]
There are two different directions video game publishers have gone in attempting to increase sales while decreasing piracy and used game sales. One is to introduce DRM and put in one-use codes. The other is reduce prices and add free content. One is relatively anti-consumer, the other pro. Today’s topic is clearly in the pro-consumer [...]
The first Super Bowl I remember watching was the 1992 game between the Washington Redskins and the Buffalo Bills. I picked the Redskins, simply to irritate my Bills loving older brother. My team won and my inner football fan came alive. I have watched every single Super Bowl since. Until this year. This year, the [...]
NFL playoffs always make me long for college football to get with the program. These days, even the criticisms are silly. Three main arguments generally come up: 1) not feasible to coordinate a tournament, 2) if it is feasible. it can’t be large, 3) even if it was feasible and large, it would disrupt students [...]
As I start this post, the Seattle Seahawks are hosting the New Orleans Saints in a divisional playoff game. On the surface, this is not strange. The Seahawks won their division; the Saints did not. Thus it makes sense, right? Well, it does until you learn that the Seahawks have a 7-9 record, while the [...]
Professional sports heavily favor men. There are plenty of sports where there is only one league, generally exclusively for men (ex: football – NFL). Other sports have leagues for men and women, but one is clearly the dominate (ex: basketball – NBA/WNBA). It is rare to find a sport where the two leagues are equal [...]