Monthly Archives: February 2012

Banks, Being Banks, are Wasteful

Posted on 2012-02-29 by dgilbert

There’s not much love for banks these days, but they hon­est­ly bring it on them­selves.  What with the risky lend­ing, the gov­ern­ment bailouts and the cushy bonus­es paid to fat cat boss­es, it would seem that yet anoth­er post crit­i­ciz­ing … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Fallen Earth Review

Posted on 2012-02-27 by dgilbert

Gamers First’s Fall­en Earth became free-to-play this week­end.  I have enjoyed a num­ber of for­ays into post-apoc­­a­­lyp­tic land­scapes (Fall­out 3, Fall­out New Vegas, Rage; even Left 4 Dead is, in some respect post-apoc­­a­­lyp­tic); so I expect­ed to enjoy Fall­en Earth.  … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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No Service: You Have Not Waited Long Enough!

Posted on 2012-02-05 by dgilbert

It’s easy to rant about banks: they’re easy tar­gets in this day an age.  An old friend of mine told me that banks are orga­ni­za­tions that would give you an umbrel­la on a sun­ny day and take it away the … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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