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While I was out…

February 10th, 2010 | Add a Comment

I’ve been away from the blog for a while. Needless to say, lots going on. One of those things, I’m sad to admit, has been video games. When there is a lot going on in your personal life that you don’t want to deal with might need a break from dealing with, it’s not uncommon to seek some escapism in a fantasy world. It’s why entertainment still does well in a recession. It’s why millions of angst ridden teenagers get involved in epic fantasy series. It’s why I like video games. After a week of working 9 hour days under the hum of fluorescent lights in an inconsistently heated office, it’s fun to get lost in the life of a wood elf. Or a 12th century assassin. Or the commander of … Read entire article »

Filed under: Computers, Featured, folklore, Fortean, Gaming, Jeremy D. Wells, Jeremy Wells, Thursday, Uncategorized, video games, witch, witch hunt, witchcraft

CNN reports on “The future of brain-controlled devices”

December 30th, 2009 | Add a Comment

Photo from: http://www.joystiq.com Of course CNN talks about the applications suggested in big budget sci-fi movies like Avatar and the Matrix, and the perfunctory various medical applications. But to be honest, if it follows the course of other technologies, I see the first practical commercial applications of the technology being applied to porn or games (or porn games, like these, because I’m betting the Japanese will be the first to make it work anyway). In fact,the manufacturers of the Emotiv Epoc claim to already have a device that allows the user to control games with their mind. How well this device actually works though hasn’t quite been established yet, with those viewing demos of the tech often less than impressed. But this is how the technology will end up being developed; by … Read entire article »

Filed under: Computers, Consciousness, Dowsing, Featured, Gaming, Health, Internet, Japan, Jeremy D. Wells, Jeremy Wells, News, parapsychology, psychokinesis, Science, Science Fiction, Technology, telekinesis, Uncategorized, video games

I’m too busy playing video games to do a Thursday post

September 11th, 2009 | Add a Comment

So instead go check out this new MMO under development by Funcom (the folks who brought us the Age of Conan MMO). Set in the modern world, it’s based on the premise that, besides the everyday world we all know, a Secret World of demons, monsters,  and shadowy secret societies and conspiracies exists and exerts a very real influence on the “real” world. You can read more about it, from folks who know more about it than I do, at Kotaku here, here, and here. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Aliens, ARGs, Conspiracy, Cryptozoology, Cults, Dowsing, fairy tales, Featured, folklore, Fortean, Gaming, Globalism, Internet, Jeremy D. Wells, Jeremy Wells, Paranoia, Paranormal, Thursday, video games

Video of the Week – ARG-Watch on PsiOp Radio May 2009

August 23rd, 2009 | Add a Comment

Anomaly TeleVision » Blog Archive » FLASHBACK: ARG-Watch on PsiOp-Radio May 2009 This Week’s Anomaly TeleVision Round-Up: Austin City Council Meeting 8/6/2009 Item #9: Austin Regional Intelligence Center Man Exercising Open Carry in Phoenix Explains Obamacare: Theft Plain and Simple MSNBC Anchor: Socialist Is Becoming the New N-Word Bridgewater Bigfoot Tracks Lost Creek Flying Saucer as Reported Upon by Gray Barker Alex Jones as THE JOKER!! … Read entire article »

Filed under: Aliens, Anomaly TV, ARGs, Brian Worsham, Conspiracy, Featured, Gaming, Government, Internet, Mack White, Memes, Movies, News, Radio, SMiles Lewis, Technology, UFO, Video, Video of the Week

This is a nice game… for me to THURSDAY ON!

June 18th, 2009 | 3 Comments

So, we missed the “because it’s Thursday” feature last week. Sorry about that. I had a whole thing on weird law enforcement planned, but I read Mack’s articles on the tasering of grandmothers and thought to myself “this is too serious an issue to dilute with frivolous arrest stories.” But this week we’re back, and leading off with the neatest free, educational game I’ve seen in a while; Wolf Quest. I mean, where else are you going to find a game that encourages kids to “harass grizzly bears with your mate” and pee on things? You can check out the promotional video here. Now, on to the pre-empted police insanity; it seems that cops in Ohio really have too much time on their hands. I mean you’d think that with a failing economy, … Read entire article »

Filed under: Advertising, Community, crime, criminals, Economy, Elections, Featured, Gaming, Government, Jeremy D. Wells, Jeremy Wells, News, Politics, Science, Technology, Thursday, Uncategorized, video games

ARG-Watch: May 2009

May 28th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Watching the ARGonauts Play If you’ve followed the Elfis Network from the beginning then you know of my early interest in Alternate Reality Gaming and their potential for “mucking up the works” for paranormal and parapolitical researchers. You may also know that my interests were rekindled in 2007 by the provocative hypotheses of blogger DreamsEnd, who speculated that the mysterious suicides of artists Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake were some kind of sophisticated art hoax or viral marketing / alternate reality game. After a very rough period of defending his theories online, blogger DreamsEnd temporarily pulled up shop, taking down his websites. My own re-investigations into ARGland dwindled and I too went back to my normal para activities… That is until I became aware of a new blog that was following many … Read entire article »

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