The group managed to get a good, solid gaming session in on Friday. The tauren was a bit ridiculously large on the table, but only a bit. I also got a chance to put my hands on a copy of Betrayal at House on the Hill (you can even play their online demo) which looks like a lot of fun. But with a these high-quality, high-component-count games, I wonder about the ecological footprint these delights leave. I admire companies like Cheapass games that strip a game down to bare essentials, but there's still plenty of stuffishness to buy. I find myself mulling over whether or not online gaming is the greener option, but there's the energy to think of. . . Maybe we should just wrestle.
I've been thinking a bit more about green/ecocrit issues after a discussion of the Robert and Shana Parkeharrison's photos at the Sheldon (click on the "view more photos" link to see, um, more photos). The Architect's Brother work feels ecologically informed without being at all preachy. It seems to me to use a sort of Jungian surrealism that I find appealing. The work up at the Sheldon has a Lumiere brother's quality to it with its sepia tones and machines made from awkward and unlikely parts. M (the Nebraska Garden M, not the Starlings M) had suggested that this would be a fine, fine show to see. She's very right. When you get a free moment, trot on down to the Sheldon and check it out. I insist.
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