From time to time I will toss interesting links. This is called “Sunday Linkdump”, but don’t expect it to be a regular Sunday event…It will be whenever there is some free time.
So, here are some links for the bored.
Ok, so first, in the News & Info section:

• Ok, some interesting reads
  • Why Choose the Lesser Evil? on the Black Sun Gazette, by Chris M.
  • Also, a very good set of articles by Chycho: The War on Iran Summary. You know how the saying goes: “On chycho.com, everything is a good read” (ok I just made that up but it is true).
• Let’s talk a bit about Lebanon
  • An article about Abolishing Political Sectarism by RedLeb
  • Should Lebanon Default on It’s Debt?, on qifanabki also
  • Hummus Nation
• For the technology-enclined: a revolutionary way to model in 3D. Severely kicks ass.
• Conspiracy Theory of the month: so apparently, a lot of people, some very respectable, deny the very existence of aids. Supposedly it is a hoax created by the pharmac…pharmaceuc…pharmacit…doctor’s industry to make money. There is a documentary on the subject and several articles scattered on the net:
  • House of Numbers, the documentary itself
  • The first article I landed on, which brought up all the others
  • Interesting story about a miracle cure for aids in Gambia…Which turns out to be just refraining from administrating any medication to the patients
  • How a little girl with aids on the verge of death got better by stopping all medication
  • Some other ressources: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • In order to cover the subject as broadly as a little post on a blog allows, here are some sources to the opposite side, people saying denialists are stupid: 1,2…I am not taking any sides but frankly the hoax theorists make more sense…Leave your opinion in the comments if you want to.

Now about Games & Interactivity

• Interesting speech about video games and why it should be given purpose here. I agree with almost nothing of what this guy says, but it is still interesting.
• Take a look at Bitter Aftertaste which seems like an interesting game
• If you want to play, there is  Mountain Maniac from pixeljam (the guys behind the excellent dinorun). You can also try Bushido Edge.
• This guy, in a desperate attempt to rehabilitate video games as an art, compares Nintendo’s Metroid and Orson’s Citizen Kane. He is completely missing the point of video games as an art, but it is somewhat funny for the geeks out there.
• Very interesting indie gaming competition: Assemblee. Artists create sounds, music and images, then coders create games out of them.
• Go to this guy’s website, and if you can, buy his game. He does games (very good ones) on his own and needs the money to keep going. Help the indie scene!

Now, in Arts & Design, we have (not much, I am having troubles being impressed by what I see lately):

• Nice animation : CH/CH
• Illustrators: Christina Ung, Shane Devries.
• There will be more in the next linkdump, promise.

And, last but not least:

• French Party UMP being completely pathetic. Never seen before, even in the US! Mind-boggling. This sums up perfectly for me what politics is all about.
• Copenhagen Summit. Ha!

by Xananax