Austin
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Indie, but not alone: How Vlambeer's advice helped guide Dog Sled Saga
Posted on May 24th 2013 6:40PM

Wii U games revealed
Jun 7th 2011 1:22PM (Joystiq)Nintendo bringing fall lineup, new WiiWare game to PAX
Aug 26th 2010 10:10PM (Joystiq)Enter to win a Spectral Tiger Mount from WoW Insider!
Jul 26th 2007 5:26PM (WoW)Novint Falcon crazay mouse gets a price, release date
Jan 9th 2007 11:24AM (Engadget)Video game asks for child sponsorship
Nov 11th 2006 8:01PM (Joystiq)But I agree, there aren't that many secular charities out there, especially in the US. But a good example of a very large one is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ( http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm ) At least, from what I know of Bill and what I've gleaned from their site, it seems pretty secular to me.
The other topic you hit on is Theodicy, and that conversation can get very lengthy, so I'll just say it's a big problem that religious people have (the problem of evil) and tend to explain in terrible, no good very bad ways. Such as: "God works in mysterious ways" (an obvious cop-out answer) or "But humans have free will!" (and who's free will causes hurricanes, and other natural evils?)
Video game asks for child sponsorship
Nov 11th 2006 6:57PM (Joystiq)"but this time it's actual Christianity and not some made up deity. Well, not a made up deity to a significant portion of the population anyway."
You came very close to losing me at that last line, but you saved it at the end. But still, what does it matter that they pick Christianity to base their story off of instead of say, Norse mythology, like every DnD based game ever? (And for the sake of sanity in the discussion, I'm temporarily ignoring the fact that the people who made this actually, literally think an event like this will happen someday.)
The only Wii post you'll ever need [update 3]
Sep 15th 2006 1:39PM (Joystiq)Wii box art mockup collection
Jun 22nd 2006 4:33PM (Joystiq Nintendo)Iwata tackles Virtual Console prices, Wii Connect24 [update 3]
Jun 2nd 2006 5:04PM (Joystiq)Freakin' whine some more, damn.
Old-style controllers are for losers? [update 2]
May 8th 2006 12:22AM (Joystiq)