WAAABOOOOM

October 5, 2002 1:46 AM

"WAAABOOOOM!!! A flash of light followed by a concussion of air shook the RPG fence in front of me and the safe house windows behind me."
It seems like in the end, all good things come together. Blogging and WAR: united at last!
[via the null device]
posted by zerofoks (5 comments total)

I tried to think of something more insightful, but I keep coming back to "that's stupid".
posted by Mazelle at 3:54 AM on October 5, 2002

Weblogs were supposed to be a human-scale alternative to the media-advertising complex. It only took a couple of years for advertisers to figure out how to absorb them back into the system, just another channel for the brand message.

For your protection, please set your media cynicism back to "high".
posted by fuzz at 4:33 AM on October 5, 2002

What exactly is your vision, here, Ed? Monday: Part 1 of a 13 part series as movie investigative journalist Bodger Rebert goes behind the scenes to find out the lousy creative decisions, the winnerless budget compromises, and the diva personalities who sank Glitter.

Sometime people buy a paper just to find out what's playing Friday, you know.

What a bunch of prissy dilettantes.
posted by dhartung at 9:08 AM on October 5, 2002

What's funny is that people are upset about Movable Type being "perverted" by the Army, but not about the Quake engine being defiled with actual combat. Isn't it affecting the purity of the game to have it co-opted by the Defense Dep't?
posted by anildash at 2:19 PM on October 5, 2002

Weblogs were supposed to be a human-scale alternative to the media-advertising complex

Exactly when was this agreed upon? Were word processors supposed to be digital printing presses upon which the masses could revolt against our oppresive societal structure using Comic Sans?

When you're ready to join the real world, we're here and waiting.
posted by owillis at 7:45 AM on October 6, 2002