Laboratory of Mathematics and Writing

Parkour I remember watching an old friend of mine play Mirror's Edge. I was barely familiar (and still am barely) with parkour, but it was obvious that this game was inspired by parkour. I would never perform any of those death defying stunts. So, I'll have to settle for doing them in a video game. I want to experience the rush if jumping from one building to the next, but I also don't want to experience coming close to dying. Playing a video game instead is a safe compromise. It is indeed quite fun jumping over barriers, sliding under tight spots, jumping from one building to another, vaulting over fences, and scrambling up ledges. Stringing all of that together is what makes for exciting gameplay. Most importantly, I won't actually die if I screw up, which happens frequently. Simple Story, Simple Objective The story is simple, but interesting. You are Faith, a "runner". A tyrannical government is in ...

Bad Fur Day I first played "Conker's Bad Fur Day" in middle school. Or was it sixth grade? It was 2001 and I graduated elementary and left for middle school that year. I can't believe it's been damned near a quarter century. We played through the story just once and had a blast laughing at all the crude jokes. It's just the stuff a young boy would love. Hell, I don't think I properly matured. I still laugh at fart jokes. And you know what? I can still stare at polygon boobs all day. Anyways, the main quest is awesome, but we had even more fun playing the multiplayer. I can't even explain why it was so awesome. The controls didn't exactly lend themselves to fluid kills. The maps wheren't anything to write home about. Maybe there was just something humiliating about getting killed by a teddy bear or cute squirrel that made us keep coming back. Oh, the trash talking was epic because of that. Immature Lonely Boy ...