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I recently contributed a chapter to the book "So Say We All - An Unauthorized Collection of Thoughts and Opinions on Battlestar Galactica" edited by actor Richard Hatch and published by BenBella Books.

I run the advocacy advertising and communications consulting

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Computers & Technology > Computers & Technology (Other) Will technology take over the world?: 1 of 29

The technological take over of the planet isn't just happening fast. It's happening at an exponential rate, already impacting much of the world. Contrary to the commonsense, intuitive, linear view, we won't just experience 100 years of "progress" in the twenty-first century-it will be more like 20,000 years of progress. The ...
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Trends & Genres Gold for cash: The trend of buying and selling online video game currency: 1 of 6

Every day around the world over 100 million people enter a completely different universe. I'm not talking about alien abduction, and this isn't a dream, some of these people are spending more awake time in these alien universes than they are in our own world. This strange phenomenon has even stranger acronyms - MMO or MMORPG...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues What end times might mean to you: 12 of 26

The Many Faces of Apocalypse "If the apocalypse comes, beep me." Buffy Summers in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" As kids, my friends and I stumbled across the old piece of plywood while hiking. Such large junk was a familiar sight. These woods on Chicago's South Side near Palos Forest Preserve were really not woods at all, but o...
Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Where science fiction and the future collide: 1 of 1

"Okay," Bobby said "then what's the matrix? what's cyberspace?" "The world," Lucas said. - William Gibson, Count Zero (1986) Science fiction, as a genre of popular fiction, can trace its roots as far back as the 2nd century AD, where fantastical worlds were conjured up in order to comment on current beliefs. The Ultimate Enc...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Darkon: 1 of 1

Darkon is an engaging documentary released in February 2008 that explores the secret lives of "Massively Multiplayer Outdoor Role-Players". The film follows the drama of the Darkon wargaming community, a live action fantasy role playing game (LARP) with a sword and sorcery setting. The game depicted in the film is very simil...
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Trends & Genres The evolution of online games: 5 of 5

Online Gameplay Evolution - Machinima Over ten years ago a ragtag revolutionary army began to congeal in conceivably one of the most darkest and deadliest places on Earth. These video gamers meet up day after day walking endless metal blood strewn corridors. Amidst the ricocheting gunfire, they began exploring outside the bo...
Arts & Humanities > British Authors Biography: Angela Carter: 2 of 2

Feminist Science Fiction - Angela Carter's New Wine "Neither do men put new wine into old bottles." The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, 9:17 Dangerous anarchistic ideas and fantastical images combine in the science fictional worlds of British author Angela Carter. She has been characterized as a "fairy godmother", "wizard...