Onefinemess

The blog formerly known as Onefinemess.

book review: The Radicalism of the American Revolution

| May 9, 2010

The Radicalism of the American Revolution by: Gordon S. Wood It’s hard for me to rate this book, as it was both incredibly difficult/boring to read, yet it also had some really great information and some angles of looking that things that hadn’t occurred to me yet (such as  the  way the shift from monarchy [...]

MMOs, D&D & socialization

| May 4, 2010

I think it’s interesting that MMOs have their roots in RPGs – perhaps the most solitary form of video game there is (not counting some of those Japanese dating sims….).  Sure, I used to watch a friend play the SNES Final Fantasy games for hours (I don’t think I ever had an SNES), and that [...]

pullbox for 04/28/10

| May 1, 2010

X-Force 26 : Let’s just get this one out of the way first, because it should be the main marvel book talked about this week.  Yes, an X-Man died and yes it was exactly who you should have expected, based on all the blatant foreshadowing and illogical heroicness.  No, I don’t think it was necessary [...]