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Check out this amazing new Overclocked Remix of Gitaroo Man’s ‘Legendary Theme’: (h/t Dante) When I went searching for the original tune on Youtube (I found it here) I also discovered a great playlist: It’s called ‘Best VGM’ and it’s by a user called ‘SupraDarky’. Nonetheless, it has a number of my favorite songs from across genres [...]

From St. Katherine’s College Forum: ‘ Civilizing the Heart: C.S. Lewis on Education ‘ is well worth listening to. It should come as no surprise that we’re down with the idea here, that the actions that people repeat form their deeply felt affections towards various things. Indeed, also that the things we experience become impressed upon our souls. [...]

Presented without comment. Also check out the humble bundle – you get to choose how much to pay for Voxatron (3-d iso shooter), The Binding of Issac (Zelda/roguelike shooter), and Blocks That Matter (Puzzle+Platformer similar to Boulderdash)

So what is the range of geek we have here? Let’s delve into one of my favorite topics, that of spaces and their construction and design, namely, Architecture:

In the last half-century, the clear result of “architectural myopia” is buildings whose makers have been so concerned with the drama of their appearance that they fail on the most [...]

When talking to my mother the other day about video games (since we’re on the topic of parents, I suppose!) she related to me a comment my brother had made on the topic of the toys we had (whether software or hardware.) He said that what we had played with, from blocks to SimCity had helped [...]

I know I usually don’t write about this sort of thing, but really, happy name day, Mom! May we all be preserved by the prayers of St. Tabitha.

Thanks for the many years of prayer and nagging!

I know what you’re thinking. But the answer may be yes . Was Merlin Irish? Yes, I think he must have been. . Of course, I’m not a believer in the Arthurian mythos, I much prefer, along with Chesterton, to accept the factual and far more awesome St. Alfred . It may just be that I’m not French enough. [...]

Check out Hallowe’en: An Orthodox approach . While this is not entirely geek related (though it certainly is Orthodoxy related!) it kind of relates to our general approach to cultural ephemera. On a similar vein, at OCF we recently talked about the Orthodox approach to culture (especially as it is aimed towards evangelism) which is one of [...]

Here at Orthogeeks. You may want to (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ because of this image. If so, find a table without valuable, fragile and/or irreplaceable items such vases, items of pure wrought gold, heirlooms, or chemistry sets. You may also wish to consider: >People who inexplicably find rushing stats more interesting >who inexplicably find rushing stats >who inexplicably [...]

Don’t know if you guys had seen this, but the Smithsonian (of all places) has created an exhibition called ‘ The Art of Video Games’ :

The Art of Video Games exhibition will explore the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium, with a focus on striking visual effects, the creative use of new technologies, and the [...]

There’s nothing a geek loves more than a game so unknown that even he or she doesn’t know about it. Just as long as they get to play it. Beta and alpha tests are cool, and interacting with the developers (considering many of us ARE developers ourselves) is a bonus. Especially if you end up improving [...]