First Things First

Was everyone at work talking about DotA today?
Want to spend some quality time with your family after you come home but they just seem to want to talk about DotA?
Do you then seek to run away from your problems with some traditional WC3 ladder matches or Footmen Frenzy on battle.net, but find only a deluge of "dota 6.64 -aremso lc pros"? Does it seem like this is the perfect time in your life to go partying with Tina again?

Well put that syringe down buster. Here's a pretty good article explaining the history and genius of what the heck those all those kids are even talking about.

Quick side note:

Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden

A perfect mix of cross-cultural satire, nostalgia gaming and indie development. Check that shit out. 

Death comes on a Beautiful Autumn Day

I found the DotA article while trying to escape from all the quantitations of my quantitative polisci class laboratory computer hour today. I also came across this puppy:

The name of the artist is Andy Kehoe and he has a blog as cool as I wish this one were. All(?) of his pieces here. If his artwork seems familiar and you like Wolftron, then you should already have put two and two together and I need to say no more! One may purchase his available prints on etsy.