glitch in previous versions but could be used to duck through closing gates in the last moment.

While the graphics cannot hope to be as detailed as the Macintosh version, Arsys’ remake easily beats Brøderbund with the sheer power of variety. Instead of two meager alternating wall templates there is a new one after every two or three levels. It’s still mostly castle walls, but Arsys did their best to include a few more vistas to the night sky, and there are added details like the mortal remains of former prisoners in the dungeon. The music is a bit quieter than the CD versions, but it fits the mood of the game splendidly.

Prince of Persia on the SNES is just bigger, better and better than any version before it.Tuesday, August 28, 2007

" ... one unmistakable legacy of Vietnam is that the price of America's withdrawal was paid by millions of innocent citizens, whose agonies would add to our vocabulary new terms like 'boat people,' 're-education camps' and 'killing fields' ..."

The Designated Argument: Since the Democrats voted to cut off funding for Vietnam in 1975, and massacres occurred in Cambodia, irresponsible Democrats were to blame and Congress must continue to support the President to avoid the same outcome in Iraq. The argument is usuallyillustrated in blogs by the iconic photo of the helicopter evacuation of the US Embassy in Saigon seen at the top of this post.

This is not a new argument. It has been a staple on right-of-center blogs and comment threads since Republicans realized there