An Open Thread on the J.K. Rowling plagiarism lawsuit, Shutter Island and the 20th anniversary of Super Mario Bros 3.
Open Thread for February 19, 2010
Mario
But Thou Must: Video Games and the Categorical Imperative
Who’s the greatest living portrayal of an Italian American?
Shrooms of Power: Who Really Rules the Mushroom World?
Through the Player’s Eyes
I was reading an essay called “Art and Answerability” by Mikhail Bakhtin the other day, where he makes the claim that one of the most important differences between novels and dreams is that in novels, we see the main character…
Analysis: Obama Plan Raises Taxes For Many Plumbers
Joe the Plumber was singled out in the last Presidential debate for his assertion that Obama’s tax plan would raise taxes on his future plumbing business. In fact, a careful analysis of Obama’s plan shows that almost all plumbers, particularly…