Articles Archive for 16 January 2007
Nerdness »
Milwaukee’s very own Journal Sentinel has an article about the new World of Warcraft expansion and how desperately nerds geeks dweebs people are clamoring for it:
“It’s going to be huge,” said huge nerd and likely single Matt Hackbarth, 26, of Wauwatosa, a seasoned player who has several advanced characters in the game. “Everyone is excited about the expansion, and we’re all going to buy it as soon as we can.”
Oddly, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has an unofficial professor of gaming:
‘World of Warcraft’ is the most popular of these games by …
Foreign Policy, Middle East »
A witness of Saddam Hussein’s half-brother’s execution said that the man’s head “just snapped off.” Just like that. Boop!
Will humanity ever invent a smooth way to execute people?
BPN at the Movies, Entertainment, Mount Olympus, Television »
Some people don’t care about celebrities or awards shows. Seeing as how it was sort of a weak movie year, I can’t really argue it. But here’s some of the interesting awards from last night:
Best Actor, Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen “Borat”
Best Actor, Drama: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”
Best Director: Martin Scorses, “The Departed”
Best Supporting Actor/Actress: Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy respectively for “Dreamgirls”
Best Drama: “Babel”
This awards show also set all-time records for “most celebrities who were at the previous Golden Globes …