It's not Orwell's Big Brother you need to worry about anymore, it's all those little brothers. Here's the most pertinent excerpt:
The fear isn't an Orwellian government deliberately creating the ultimate totalitarian state, although with the U.S.'s programs of phone-record surveillance, illegal wiretapping, massive data mining, a national ID card no one wants and Patriot Act abuses, one can make that case. It's that we're doing it ourselves, as a natural byproduct of the information society.
2. A HUGE Smash Bros. bout.
For a while now, I've tried to engineer a bout between Aaron Mandel and my close friend, Andy. They are arguably the most confident Smash players. I've talked each of them up to the other. Each has no respect for the other's character (Andy: Falcon, Aaron: Kirby). I've played both and I don't know what will happen should they one day meet. Either the universe will tear and suck them up, or one will completely dominate the other.
If you remember that final scene in Ben-Hur, as Christ dies the sky darkens and lightening streaks across the sky. Something similar may happen at my house some time this summer. I'm determined to digitally record the entire event for the viewing pleasure of those who understood why 7 people would cram themselves in a room more suitable for 3--and why amid the din, smoke, and blaring Rush, would visit magical worlds as cute cartoons intent on defenestrating (metaphorically) one another. Not an escape, but a dream.
And dream is destiny.
Let's not exaggerate, Dan. My room wasn't suitable for one person, let alone three.
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