If you want to get a jump on the weekend reading, head to Jonathan Lethem’s article at Harper’s.com. We’ll discuss it Monday, pulling from The Pirate’s Dilemma and your own experiences in writing/creating art/stealing music/plagiarism.

P.S. Be sure to check out his "Works Cited" at the bottom.

Found this post at The findingDulcinea Blog (our blogs were meant for one another!).  Contains some good links to start your college search.  Don’t forget to check out the comments, too.  Apparently eNotes has a "Get Answers from Real Students" section.

Happy Spring Break.

Strings outline below.

Is this creative, or does he have too much time on his hands?

Found via TheNextWeb

These links have been bouncing around my bookmark folders for a while, so I thought I’d share.

• Game Explanations for Beginners via Popmatters is a cool overview of the basics and history of gameplay.  The author gets a bit philosophical towards the end, and his jokes are aimed at established gamers, so I’m not sure who his audience is…
• Samorost 2 is an odd amalgam of adventure and puzzle genres.  The game isn’t difficult, but the art is amazing.  (After a quick Google search and 30 minutes of play I bring you Samorost [the Original].  Also cool.)
• Reading’s good, too!
• I am not an avid gameplayer, but I was completely blown away by World of Goo.  The same author wrote the story, created the art, composed the music, and designed the program.  Great design tour here.
• More to come as I dig.

Mixed Ink