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Seagull in Port Townsend, WA.

Why SCII Matters.

I found this rather profane but interesting article from The Ghetto about Acti-Blizzard’s upcoming Starcraft 2 and Battle.net 2.

nicked from the the-ghetto article and from reddit.

It filled in a lot of my gaps of knowledge on the spread of StarCraft in Korea and its relationship with KeSPA.

A pointed quote from the author about the games and the industry that creates them:

They’re designed to bring enjoyment to children and adults. The most popular are branded with innocent family appeal. And behind the cute graphics lies one of the most vicious money-driven industries on the planet. It’s like finding out the characters of Sesame Street shoot heroin.

Month Be Gone.

** damn it update. my license was expired. back inbound for two days to sleep of the mega-loop-back-drive, and get new license. seriously, too far for half a day’s drive.

FYI, I want to die on the beach naked in the waves of Newport, Orygone.

Just add one station wagon, tent, sleeping bag, inverter, too many chargers, stove, too many cameras and lenses (some are gifts), one dog, dog food, water, clothes and a me …

Dori, Doris, DoriDoggy, Smelly, Stink-a-roo (Patrick Sullivan)

and you aim south. I am finally getting at my trip down the coast, then east into them thar hills. Which hopefully means this post will sit here for at least a few weeks as I try to forget that the internet exists.