Static Zombie

Don't worry, Peter. You're not the only one who likes to talk about yourself.

I talk about you all the time.

Peter - I just listened to the program/episode and I thought it was a great interview.

When I moved to a different province back in 1996 I had left my friends and my family. I was still playing mostly Magic and Warhammer Fantasy Battle so one of the first stops was my local hobby store. Some time later I met a few gamers who were playing the Mayfair editions of Manhattan, Modern Art, and Settlers. Within a few months I hooked up to the internet and discovered The Game Report Online, Kulkman's Gamebox, and The Game Cabinet.

Without a doubt Mike Siggins, Frank Kulkman (with some help from Doug Adams) and yourself hooked me on German games.

I just wanted to thank you.

For what it is worth, in my opinion, it doesn't matter what already has been said about a game. I like reading your reviews and I like being able to go to the park for lunch and read. I spend too much time in front of a computer screen as it is.

Take care and long live TGR.
Michael

While we're on the pleasantly addicting Peter admiration, I just wanted to point out that when I expand my own cult of personality I will truly regret having to offer you as a human sacrifice.

But I'll keep the Xbox with nary a tear.

Geekspeak ... why in my day we typed out our ill-formed thoughts. And we liked it! Audio will lead the damnation of game reviewing!

I had to spot listening when you used "charade" as a verb.

... but if I had continued to listen, I would have agreed that "Ender's Game" is a fine, fine book.

I read and liked Ender's Game as a novella and then a novel. Like Derk, Card's later Ender books (and the rest of his writing for that matter) did less for me. I never thought much about it until I ran into this rant on K5 (http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/5/28/22428/7034). I followed most of the links and read the various articles. While I'm not sure I want to follow the conspiracy theory all the way down the rabbit hole (to calling Card a Hitler apologist), I was intrigued by the suggestions that Ender's Game presents a suspect message about responsibility for atrocities and OSC might have had help writing the book.