Sanctions. Condemnations. Threats of military action. A distinct lack of follow up. It’s a song and dance we all know – in the days and weeks following a nuclear test by the DPRK, the international community mounts sanctions and a chorus of reprimands amounting to handcuffing someone who blew their hands off years ago experimenting…
Lovers of pandas all over the world rejoiced as their favorite furry fiscally farcical mascot bred their way out of near-extinction. The news, reported by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, cites the sloth-like Ailuropoda melanoleuca are repopulating due to “effective forest protection and reforestation”, thereby elevating themselves from Endangered to Vulnerable. A native of south central China’s once-lush forests,…
The ongoing outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) has been in the media spotlight for a few months now. So prevalent is the coverage that people can be forgiven for forgetting all about the Ebola outbreak that killed more than 10,000 since it began in 2014. Now that the Olympics are about to begin…
As a boy that grew up on platformer games, side-scrolling, jumping, run-away-from-giant-rocks kind of games always get a cursory glance whenever I log into Steam. In 2010, Limbo provided some 2 hours of intense fun, what with dodging giant spiders – mechanical or otherwise – as well as artfully navigating through gravity puzzles involving a lot of dark, some…