Apparently sex is going to have a much greater role in computer games:

Online sex has always been about real connection in a virtual environment, despite unflattering stereotypes about who has cybersex and why.

But it seems to me that bringing sex out of chat rooms and into animated platforms is also lifting some of the shame and secrecy that has historically shrouded cybersex.

For outsiders, the thought of “sex by typing” makes little sense. Despite evidence to the contrary, text sex is often considered something only weird people (and writers?) do, and the assumption is they aren’t capable of having sexual relationships in real life.

But games and role-playing are a familiar paradigm, even among people who don’t indulge in either pursuit. And because video game characters are so exaggeratedly physical, it is not a giant leap to imagine them engaged in sexual activity along with traditional pursuits like acrobatics, fighting and collecting things.

Oooo. Maybe I will have to take up computer games again. On the subject of the net, I see the guru has started an internet business. It does not seem to be offering net sex yet, though. A mistake, surely.

Mr Dodge is spot on in his comments about the disgusting habit certain people claim to enjoy in pubs while drinking a pint of Fosters. It does them no good. Personally, I do not like to be around people who do this because I find it antisocial and the people engaging in it have no consideration for the passive effect on other drinkers. But watching football should not be banned in pubs. Instead, those of it who find it mindless can just go to The Speaker which advertises the fact that This is a REAL PUB: We don’t have a) A Big Screen, b) Music, c) Fruit machines. Excellent.

His latest column is up at Blogcritics…Marty Musical Meltdown.

Enjoy.

I have set up a Disgraceful Music site on Last FM as I suspect that we might be releasing music by other people sooner rather than later.

Oh yes please tell your friends.

You might not only be getting just frustrated when talking to a call centre in India; there is a chance you are getting fleeced as well.

It is not rare in India and it is happening in other parts of the world, which suggests that trusting bank accounts and credit card information to call centres is madness.

Jeffery Robinson has a very sobering piece on the increase in call centre related fraud.

Well at least according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics that is… It is possible to earn money from blogging or at least off-shoots thereof.

Hand-carving a replica of a Commodore-64 computer seems a rather impractical, if lovely, gesture. But it was done for an eminently practical purpose.

the blog québécois

Spy reports that Arena magazine has published a piece echoing what many bloggers have been saying about the morons who volunteer for suicide bombings for a very long time. I would hazard a guess that we were saying this just after 9/11.

When Labour MP Claire Curtis-Thomas introduced a Bill to consign “sexually explicit” men’s magazines to the top shelf, she would not have read a highly cerebral article in next month’s Arena, entitled “No Sex Please, We’re Terrorists”.

Could this be true?

It makes sense. You can’t drink, shag or even listen to music…but…if go kill kafirs and blow yourself up you get laid in heaven. Teenage logic says that this probably makes losts of sense. One thing that has always befuddled me is the fact these women they are supposedly going to get to sleep with in heaven are all virgins. Who bloody wants that? Is there an alternate shaheed-lite plan that gets you 72 experienced women?

In the West we males start rock bands (or play sports) to get laid; in the world of Islam they blow themselves up. And who are the decadent ones?

Ken Jennings, primarily known for his 74-game, $2.5 million run on Jeopardy, has now embarked on the road to certain stardom: Yes, he’s started a blog.

It’s actually a pretty good one; witness this post about an all-too-common problem.

the blog québécois

We have a song from Perry Benson, another surreal piece from Tracy Twyman, a few thoughts from Laurence, a piece from Brian of London, and something from Growing Old Disgracefully. In other words a typical DR podcast.

Follow this link to be taken to our page in iTunes music store.

Slap this (http://homepage.mac.com/lagwolf/podcasts/DodgingReality1.xml) link into your iTunes.

The Great British public collective shuddered this spring. And no, it wasnt about the News of the World revelation that all professional footballers might not be the straightest men in the land. I am referring to that ISM poll of Muslims.

The poll asked quite a few questions but the one that is receiving the most attention covers the adoption of Sharia law in the UK. The polls results were so shocking that a Labour MP Sadiq Khan, a Muslim himself, and a frequent voice for moderation, had the following to say after referring to the results as alarming:

Britbloggers got there first, well a bit after Lair and his challenge round-up. Bestof has its one ready to go. Then you can enjoys loads of waste from the TPA’s Weekly Waste Round-Up.

Guido has a caption contest running.

CoTV is up for the week on a Wednesday as well as Cordite for you gun lovers.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has a big selection of historic city maps and contemporaneous artwork, in high-resolution and low, from the 1500s to the mid-19th century. Most are in Europe and the Middle East; there’s a smattering of sites in Africa and the Americas.

They’ve also created a very attractive, free screensaver for Windows using many of the pictures. Download it here.

The image above is a detail from an engraving of Rome by Pirro Ligorio, first published in 1575.

the blog québécois

Predict when he stops being PM and win 500.

And yes they are some of them radical Amish…of course.

Head of the formitable MBA has a new blog and its called Words in Edgewise. Well worth a read for those interested in the legal state of blogging.

The blogosphere has lost one of its most acidic and caustic wits. This blog expresses its condolences to his family and friends.

To celebrate their success in the Eurovision Song Contest, the Finnish post office has issued four Lordi stamps.

Via: Totalrock.

The Sun:

BRIDE Carly OBrien wanted a big wedding so she wore a dress weighing 25 STONE.

But the 25,000 creation, to outdo model Jordans, was 8ft WIDE and got STUCK in the church door.

It took TWENTY people an hour and a half to heave 16-year-old Carly through and up the aisle followed by her 60FT LONG train.

The 30-layer tulle dress, covered with 3,000 Swarovski crystals, diamond head-dress and train meant dad Frank, 40, had to walk in front as there was no room alongside.

Carly, who spent NINE AND A HALF HOURS getting into it, was exhausted when she got to the altar in Gloucester.

After the ceremony groom Michael Coffey, 17, and 14 relatives carried her out.

For non-UK readers, 1 stone = 14 pounds or about 6.4 Kg. So the dress clocks in at 350 pounds.

Other interesting numbers: Ages of bride and groom. The odds you could get at Ladbrokes on this thing lasting more than a year.

the blog québécois

Chavelocity for all your Chav travel needs.

Via: Wolfie

That seems to be the idea according to LGF’s translation of report from the European Council for Fatwa and Research. Let’s hope it goes the way of that other European Consitution.

Come in Cameron…Mr Pirie has some advice for you. It might be wise to listen.

NB: This was written in the lead-up to the local goverment elections but never used. The point is still valid I feel.

Certain types of people in the UK are in a bit of a panic. It seems an ugly nasty vicious monster has re-emerged to terrorise the good subjects of Her Majesty the Queen.

Do they speak of Daleks, Islamic terrorists living in London or the Ghost of Jack the Ripper? No. Its an almost mythical bugbear by the name of the British National Party. Some 24% of the populace are saying in a recent poll by YouGov they might vote for the BNP.

He rather likes him; thank you very much. Via Dean

Well Victoria throws up after each meal…so I guess Becks has to follow and throw up after each goal.

Oh boo-hoo she pissed off a few people with her comments…big whoop that does not mean she ain’t right on things. The delivery might not always be right but the message is mostly spot on.

One for lair: cats dressed up as Nazis.

Chuck 3000 and his homies shake it like a Polaroid.

the blog québécois

Well it was a punk and not a black metaller.

Democratiya is pleased to invite its supporters to a fundraising breakfast in support of Democratiya.com, the free quarterly online political review. Making brief remarks will be Alan Johnson, Editor, Democratiya, John Lloyd, Contributing Editor at the Financial Times, and Anthony Julius, Consultant, Mishcon de Reya.

Democratiya is a great source of information that every reader in the Middle East should be able to access and benefit from. A small contribution from you can help keep Democratiya free.” (The Iraqi pro-democracy blogger, Iraq The Model)

Wait they are expecting bloggers to make it up for breakfast?