Dispatches from the Commission

I do not envy our building manager, a quiet, friendly man, who lives directly beneath High Charity. He’s been made to deal with drunken yelling, drunken falling-all-over-the-floor, Rock Band, belligerent yelling, and Rock Band 2. Unfortunately, with this most recent game release, he’s sure to hear more than that — including, probably, a few things [...]

piracy is rampant at LANs here. The difference is that of hardware — people have generally better machines, and so, newer games are pirated. More as I discover it.

I’m sitting in a cloth-lined cube, my phone isn’t ringing, my manager is quietly tending his financial crop, and indeed, things are entirely idle. I could do nothing but frequent forums, catch up on webcomics, and perhaps try, in hushed tones,  to teach my Nintendog husky pup to jump into the air, but that all [...]