–Eric at Critical Missive has a great article on “immersion” in video games.

–John, who commented yesterday, also has a very interesting blog. I don’t agree with everything he says, but the posts are very thought-provoking.

–Finally, just as I often see similarities to Lovecraftian stuff in natural phenomena, Christopher Knight noticed some cool parallels between the Aurora Borealis and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.