Tom Scocca's posts
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I Think My Minecraft Character Had A Dream The Other Night
Over the weekend, after months of pressure from my children, I started playing Minecraft on my iPhone. The children play it on the iPad, in creative mode, trundling around in unlimited diamond armor. Being an adult, I settled into survival mode: spawned onto the savanna, got slaughtered by monsters of the night for a while,…
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Donald Rumsfeld’s Solitaire Game Puts Futility at Your Fingertips
Donald Rumsfeld Solitaire is a quagmire. I’m sorry. I’m not trying to be clever; the overwhelming challenge in discussing Donald Rumsfeld Solitaire is to avoid being clever. The fact remains that even thinking about Donald Rumsfeld Solitaire is a quagmire. Playing it is worse. Technically the name of Donald Rumsfeld’s app is “Churchill Solitaire.” If…
By Tom Scocca