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10 comments
September 26, 2009 at 3:08 pm
eric s.
Yes, but is “historian” part of its vocabulary? (It might be.)
September 26, 2009 at 3:26 pm
ben
Does this trick work?
September 26, 2009 at 3:30 pm
andrew
There must be a game review out there that consists simply of the word “good” or “bad” or something like that.
September 26, 2009 at 5:58 pm
politicalfootball
One supposes this has been linked here, but if so, I missed it, and it does have the virtue of being on topic.
September 26, 2009 at 6:04 pm
politicalfootball
I’ll also add this, which is a commentary on the previous link.
I provide this not because I think anyone should read it, but because it’s a nice example of why journalism as a profession is doomed. If you’re looking for witty squid-related commentary, you’re much better off with the amateurs at EOTAW than the paid professionals at Slate.
September 26, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Kieran
My wife, inevitably, asked right away what would happen if you asked for a round square.
September 26, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Ben A
The best games are simple
September 26, 2009 at 7:17 pm
dana
ben, it gives you a “starite decoy” instead. I’d make a joke about the identity of indiscernibles except I can’t think of one.
Kieran, that’s awesome. (It seems to require that objects be logically possible. Also, it never gives me a ledge when I ask for one.)
September 26, 2009 at 7:44 pm
ben
Kieran, what did she think would happen?
September 27, 2009 at 12:16 am
Matthew Ernest
“what would happen if you asked for a round square.”
You the the original version of the Microsoft Zune.