Archive for May 2008

Sexy, Yes. Art? No.

May 15, 2008 by Michael Dawson

May 15, 2008 — Why Grand Theft Auto IV falls short of its promise.

Posted at The Root.

I have been gaming longer than most gamers have been alive. In the early 1970s, I was one of a handful of electronic technicians at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center who used what was allegedly the most powerful computer complex outside of the military and intelligence communities to play geeky Star Trek strategy games during lunch and after work.

End Games

May 5, 2008 by Michael Dawson

May 6, 2008 — How the black pawns got pushed off the board.

Posted at The Root.

The Democratic Party’s primary race has reached a dangerous stage for black people. It has come to this. Both the Obama and Clinton campaigns are apparently willing to sacrifice black citizenship rights in order to win the Democratic nomination for president.