I’m coming up on my 4 month “anniversary” in City of Heroes. I’m a little late to the party–CoH is celebrating their 3rd year this month. There is still an active community and the developers continue to add content.
This is my first experience with a MMO, but reading through others’ comments on the CoH forums [...]

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Labels serve an important purpose. Regardless of politically correct propaganda, they are not evil. Misused and abused some times, yes, but not evil.
A label is a means of identifying and categorizing. If I am interested in reading a fantasy novel, I’m not going to browse the Historical section at the bookstore. And I’m going to [...]

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Spurred by poor framerates in City of Heroes, I decided it was time to do an upgrade to the computer. I couldn’t afford anything top of the line, but I could get my machine up to the recommended specs for CoH for under $200. The last of the components arrived yesterday, so I spent the [...]

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I watched my last episode of Studio 60 last night. I was a big fan of West Wing, but that premise contained elements of interest that balanced–or at least drew attention away from–Mr. Sorkin’s penchant for painting political and social liberalism in the best light possible at every available opportunity. The inner workings of a [...]

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Since the last presidential election, “division” has been a common talking point in political rhetoric. I have heard, read and found myself involved in such discussions. The word is used in a derogatory manner, and invariably, the current administration is blamed for being the instigator.
I was raised to believe it took two to disagree, and [...]

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