Grace Carr Video games are harmful to society because they encourage toxic competition and meritocratic values that will degrade society, a professor alleges in his 2018 book. In “The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games,” Seattle University communication professor Christopher A. Paul explains that video games encourage meritocracy, or judgement based on skill and ability. “Games typically…
by Dallas Brooks Lily Tang Williams is running for the US Senate in Colorado on the Libertarian ticket. She and the party are making serious headway with the voters, but it seems that one group in particular is dead set on preventing anyone but Democrats and Republicans from sharing the stage. Club 20 is a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin In 2011 a little Korean game development company, Com2Us, released 9 Innings Pro Baseball onto mobile devices. It was decidedly retro. 2D graphics. Fake teams. Poor translation. But boy-oh-Babe-Ruth was it good. It was the perfect baseball game for the fan on the go. A full 9…
by Josh Guckert On Thursday afternoon, “Gary Johnson” began trending on Twitter. This appears to have stemmed from an article from Mother Jones. The piece by Jeremy Schulman entitled “Gary Johnson Wants to Ignore Climate Change Because the Sun Will Destroy the Earth One Day” and subtitled with “Attention, millennials…” seems only the latest attempt by…
by Josh Guckert A new ad for the Gary Johnson campaign points out the many, many faults of the major-party nominees. From Clinton’s dishonesty to Trump’s flip-flops, the video pinpoints some of the most prominent issues of the Democrat and Republican. Impressively compacting their criticisms to 65 seconds, the Johnson campaign examines for Clinton: Her infamous…
By Lina Bryce Bryan Cranston, famous for his recent role as the iconic Walter White on Breaking Bad, recently sat down with Marlow Stern at the Daily Beast to talk about his latest film venture, Trumbo, in which he plays a blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter. In the film he plays the role of Dalton Trumbo, a screenwriter blacklisted for being a part of…
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