Bad Philosophy » Blackberry http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog Ever just sat around and wondered Why? So have we. Bad Philosophy is your one-stop fix for random philosophical musings about pretty much anything. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:12:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ captainvalor@gmail.com (The Bad Philosophers) captainvalor@gmail.com (The Bad Philosophers) Philosophy 1440 http://www.badphilosophy.com/podcast/BF_Logo_144x144_Color.jpg Bad Philosophy http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog 144 144 Upsetting the balance of reality, one rabbit trail at a time Ever just sat around and wondered Why? So have we. Bad Philosophy is your one-stop fix for random musings about everything from the nature of reality to the essence of modern digital society. Every week Stephen Torrence and Kevin Saunders invite guests from greater Texas Tech to chew the cud and make some magic. The more rabbit trails the better... philosophy, random, humor, college, politics, life The Bad Philosophers The Bad Philosophers captainvalor@gmail.com no clean Episode 110: Good Enough http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2011/12/30/episode-110-good-enough/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2011/12/30/episode-110-good-enough/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:28:02 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=301 It’s often been stated that video games, with their freedom to act without consequence, fly in the face of morality and teach our children to become cold-blooded murderers. The reality is far more subtle, with many modern video games integrating moral choices (in both a consequential and deontological sense) that shape the gameplay in a significant fashion. This episode we discuss a couple of recent RPGs, BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic and Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with gaming review guru Britton Peele, BF stalwart Kevin Saunders, Level 90 Death Knight Kiki Canon, and the man with the worst taste in YouTube videos ever, Simon Ponder. So don your favorite dress, grab your… weapon, and try to avoid the Force zombies and witches on your way to the Spinagogue, it’s BF time!

This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “Star Wars Chanukah Song” by The Fump

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2011/12/30/episode-110-good-enough/feed/ 0 1:08:35 One of BF's largest panels ever dives into the moral choices in contemporary video games like The Old Republic and Skyrim. Bad Philosophy Episode 110 "Good Enough" Recorded 12-22-2011 Bad Philosophers: Stephen Torrence, Kevin Saunders, Britton Peele, Kiki Canon, Simon Ponder Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 021b: Guerrilla Fascism http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/02/02/episode-021b-guerrilla-fascism/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/02/02/episode-021b-guerrilla-fascism/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:28:28 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=91 Stay calm. You’re not imagining things. That “b” is real, and we have a good explanation for it… sort of. As you well know, we here at Bad Philosophy have had our [some might say disproportionate] share of unsavory experiences with audio equipment. Trying new things tends to get us in trouble, and well… we tried something new. Suffice it to say, the majority of Episode 021–a fine, somber treatise on education–came out corrupt, and will henceforth become known as the “Failisode.”

Not ones to give up, however, we decided to roll our weekly Starbucks tweet-up and post-Super-Bowl-watching experiences into a totally impromptu guerrilla episode, centering on the fantastic commercial lineup, Bruce Springsteen’s crotch, the definition of fascism, and Kevin’s new girlfriend [hint: you've already met her - gasp!], among many other thoroughly exciting things. Get ready for some old school BF action reminiscent of Episode Zero. One laptop, four guys, and caffeine – it’s BF time.

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/02/02/episode-021b-guerrilla-fascism/feed/ 1 0:57:54 Stay calm. You’re not imagining things. That “b” is real, and we have a good explanation for it… sort of. As you well know, we here at Bad Philosophy have had our [some might say disproportionate] share of unsavory experience[...] Stay calm. You’re not imagining things. That “b” is real, and we have a good explanation for it… sort of. As you well know, we here at Bad Philosophy have had our [some might say disproportionate] share of unsavory experiences with audio equipment. Trying new things tends to get us in trouble, and well… we tried something new. Suffice it to say, the majority of Episode 021–a fine, somber treatise on education–came out corrupt, and will henceforth become known as the “Failisode.” Not ones to give up, however, we decided to roll our weekly Starbucks tweet-up and post-Super-Bowl-watching experiences into a totally impromptu guerrilla episode, centering on the fantastic commercial lineup, Bruce Springsteen’s crotch, the definition of fascism, and Kevin’s new girlfriend [hint: you've already met her - gasp!], among many other thoroughly exciting things. Get ready for some old school BF action reminiscent of Episode Zero. One laptop, four guys, and caffeine – it’s BF time. Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no Episode 019: OreoBama http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/01/22/episode-019-oreobama/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/01/22/episode-019-oreobama/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:26:38 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=86 We’ve got ourselves a new president in these grand United States of America, and in celebration of that common knowledge we dedicated this BF to discussing… pretty much anything except that. Jessica Story joined us for the first time, bringing a flare of femininity to the show in a shameless attempt to lure in the other 51% of the world’s population. But demographics be damned! We had rabbit trails to follow, cookies to chew, and Rubik’s cubes to solve… all in a high-quality multi-track audio extravaganza. You thought we could never get more BF? Well I’ve got news for you: Yes we can. And… we did…

As mentioned in the show, we’re now hunting for new guest panelists who would like to share a taste of our thunder on Bad Philosophy. If you have Skype and a decent microphone, please tweet at one of us and tell us (in 140 characters or less) why you would be a worthy guest Bad Philosopher.

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