I'd like to offer my sympathies to the students at Virginia Tech, and the friends and family of the victims of yesterday's horrible tragedy. I usually write long blog posts, or at least include interesting images in my posts, but today, neither words nor images really seem adequate or appropriate. Even worse, I had planned to post a series of "random distractions" this week, since the semester is pulling to a close, and those in academia need a little break. No distraction, however, can ease the mind at a time like this.
Eight years ago, I lived near Columbine High School. My husband worked right across the lake. When tragedy struck there, I was in a state of shock, but went downtown, as I'd planned, to see a Rockies game. The game, however, had naturally been canceled. I realized no one, players or fans, would be able to focus. Instead, a million questions ran through our heads, but mostly, why? Here, eight years later, we still don't have an answer. Sadly, we may never have certain explanations for yesterday's shootings, either. We'll have to move on, even if we can never forget what happened.
Tommorow Thursday, I'll start posting those random distractions, even if some will seem to carry a darker tone than before. For now, I'd like to leave a space of "silence" to mourn those who died yesterday at Virginia Tech, and as a tribute to others who lost their lives in school shootings in the past.
We may not understand, but we shall never forget.
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Hey, I wanted to say I enjoyed your most recent JIG review, you brought a very nice critical lense to casual game cloning.
I graduated from tech in December, early, so I could go into business producing a casual game. If I was more of a slacker, I'd be down there, probably getting ready to go home for a handful days. I may have even had class with the shooter, who was a fellow English major (one out of like 516, this is a school with +26,000 students) and a Senior. I kinda wish I got to peer review his writing.