Articles Written By Matthew Baldwin
TMN Contributing Writer Matthew Baldwin has haphazardly updated his site defective yeti for more than a decade. He is also responsible for Infinite Summer (an internet-wide reading of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest), A Month of Son (a blog about raising his autistic son), and Seattle Gamenight (a monthly tabletop gaming group).
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The Non-Expert
You Will Soon Receive Great Knowledge
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, we crack open one of the mysteries of the universe: How do fortune cookies work?
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Guides
2010 Holiday Survival Guide for Slackers
You made your list, you checked it twice, then you waited until the last minute to do any of your shopping. Ideas for gifts for everyone on your list, whether they want them or not.
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Guides
The 2010 Good Gift Games
Presenting the year’s best board games, all of which must be easy to learn, quick to play, and exciting for non-gamers.
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Reviews
Animated Films for Grown-Ups
Anyone who’s seen Princess Mononoke knows animated films can hold their own with their live-action counterparts. For those who still think cartoons are for kids, here are 15 reasons why you’re wrong.
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Guides
2009 Holiday Survival Guide for Slackers
It’s that time of year again—actually, it’s way past that time of year. And again, you still haven’t done your holiday shopping.
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Guides
The 2009 Good Gift Games
This holiday season, your loved ones could play Operation: “Death Panel” Edition, or you could give them a game where somebody besides the government wins.
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Spoofs & Satire
Adventure Capital
It’s risky business, this adventuring, and best not undertaken by those bereft of bravery or collateral.
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Gallery
A Stroll Down First Avenue
Matthew Baldwin and photographer Caitlin Burke take a jaunt along downtown Seattle’s main artery.
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Op-Ed
Autistic Trekdom
In the latest Star Trek movie, Gene Roddenberry’s message of diversity takes on new relevance as more people are diagnosed with Autism.
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Reviews
Mindfuck Movies
Some movies inform. Some movies entertain. And some pry open your skull and punch you in the brain.
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Guides
2008 Holiday Survival Guide for Slackers
It’s a holiday tradition: You’re giftless mere hours until Christmas, and it’s printouts and January ETAs for the unlucky few on your list. Gift ideas for the eternally belated.
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Guides
The 2008 Good Gift Games
This holiday season, rather than hock what’s left of your 401(k) for Starbucks gift cards, gather friends and family around a cozy, non-energy-dependent board game.