Cube! Defender of the Polyverse!

As much as I like video-games, it's always better to be outside. This trailer for video game CUBE offers the technology that "makes calculators look like the cotton gin." It makes a compelling case to avoid the computer, and instead, as I do, try to beat the 50 mph barrier on my racing bike. It's worth thinking whether video games are broken; CUBE tries to do this.

CUBE

Games are fun, but this video may be their essence boiled right down.

This review of Outside from a gamer's perspective notes, "Outside is remarkably high in sex, violence and challenges to traditional values, despite the strong child-focused marketing it receives," but ultimately, "Outside is overrated, and many gamers will find themselves forced by friends and family to play it against their will, but it still deserves a high rating." Yes, it's of a coherent and critical review of the world--something philosophers have been struggling to do for millennia; it's the sort of perspective that's only possible after months of immersion in a fantasy world.