Freesky Online

http://www.gamezone.com/news/03_30_09_06_32AM.htm

Browser-based.

Interesting experiment.

Gaming the Recession

Gaming should be included among the entrepreneurial ideas that can be pursued on a shoestring budget. Yes, games can be developed for little money in a garage or out of a small apartment. The genre has a low barrier to entry but also requires high creativity--a perfect mix for these recessionary times.

- Sramana Mitra, Forbes.com (link here)

Very optimistic.

Stardust

http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/booknook/Stardust_by_Neil_Gaiman.html

I should go back and re-read some of the Gaiman's earlier books.

Blithe Spirit

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/theater/reviews/16blit.html?th&emc=th

Gushy review of Angela Lansbury as Madame Arcati.

Conan boardgame

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=70&esem=2

Looks like a cool game but the $80 price tag seems a bit steep.

I guess it depends on the quality of the 160+ figures.

Fire on the Bayou

Today we attended the Milwaukee Rep performance of Fire on the Bayou at the Stackner Cabaret.

It was a musical history of New Orleans, with special emphasis on the destruction wrought by Katrina.

Preachy, and shamelessly manipulative.

Talented cast, and awesome music.

Excellent Sprecher Black Bavarian on tap.

McKillip

http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/booknook/The_Book_of_Atrix_Wolfe_by_Patricia_A_McKillip.html

Interesting review of the new fantasy novel.

Tragic story

Ask the most hard-core baseball fan about John C. Odom and most likely you'll get a blank stare. Yet millions of people have heard of the slender right-hander.

He was the minor league player traded for 10 maple bats.

- AP/azcentral (link here)

A tragedy of Greek proportions.