Happy Birthday, Verena!

Our tiny blue planet has orbited the sun thirty times since the day Verena was born. Is this a lot? Is it a little? Are we tiny, insignificant specks of dust, or immortals striding godlike through an infinite universe? I don’t know. I don’t even have the damn words to …

Oh, and…

Barring further disasters, Phenomenon 32 should be out on Friday. I think. I hope. We’ll find out, I guess.

Kill the Greeks

You turn on the radio, you get racist jokes about Greeks. You go to a newspaper stand, half the newspapers and magazines are telling you that the Greeks are greedy, lazy bastards who are destroying Europe. It’s everywhere. The Greeks are so rich and pretending they’re poor. They are all …

On the subject of Richard Donner

We just published a new article at Commentarium. It’s about Richard Donner, director of iconic movies such as The Omen, Lethal Weapon, The Goonies, Ladyhawke and Superman. His is really a case of the work overshadowing the man; he gets very, very little critical appreciation, even though his movies have …

Pope Song!

Tim Minchin says everything that needs to be said about the recent revelations mildly surprising news that the Pope knew about the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests and helped cover up for the priests responsible (thus leading to more abuse).

Dominatrix Spam

Things are getting slightly delayed again for technical, flat-related reasons. Nothing terrible, just work that needs to be done. Phenomenon 32 will be released very soon, I think. I know, I know. We’ll see. But it won’t be long now. I have other creative stuff to talk about, too, as …

what you could read

I’m working on the Avatar article for Commentarium, and would desperately love to finish it today, but a massive headache is preventing me from doing so. Same goes for playtesting Phenomenon 32. So, since there’s nothing interesting on this site, what could you read? Well, there’s this excellent article on …

It would appear we are orbiting a star.

Phenomenon 32 is almost finished. Well, actually it is finished, but I’m mulling over some sound issues right now. Not so much problems as a way of doing things a little better. But the game can be played, and it doesn’t appear to be crashing. Well, it crashed once, but …

A short list of things that are new

What is new in the world of Jonas? Here’s a list: New Commentarium reviews: Splice, Cop Out Commentarium now only displays the beginning of each article, making the site much easier to read. Having a tremendously entertaining discussion with an aggressive Harold Bloom troll. Continuing to post in the Roger …