April Fool’s
Brilliant Board Games: UNO
This is an April Fool’s post, unless you are in some sort of bizzare, bad board game based Die Hard With a Vengeance situation, under no circumstances should you ever play something as random and decision-free as UNO. I know UNO might seem like an odd pick for someone whose board game elitism approaches…
Read MoreThe top ten most scandalous pictures of Isley Unruh! You won’t believe number 8!
It’s the first of the month and time for another top ten list! What’s on the docket this month? Well, let’s just say I lost a bet (never get into an argument about Manowar trivia with Brian–that fucker knows his shit) and, to hold up my end, I’ve agreed to post the ten most embarrassing pictures…
Read MoreAn Open Letter to The CW RE: Your imbecilic decision to cancel Arrow
Good afternoon The CW Television network. Eugene Pendergrass here, you may know me from such unusually ferocious open letters as, “An Open Letter to www.isleyunruh.com RE: Your comically inept attempts at fictional cartography,” “An Open Letter to Peter Jackson RE: Restricting The Hobbit to Three Movies,” “An Open Letter to the New York Times RE:…
Read MoreRE-ZORK IV: Ms. O’Shea and the April Fool’s Day
In the early days of computing, before Graphical User Interfaces were commonplace, nerds still needed games to play on their primitive computers. Thus the text based interactive fiction game was born. While the Zork series wasn’t the very first instance of such a game, it was unquestionably the first success in interactive fiction, and phrases…
Read MoreKansas VS Kentucky NCAA Championship: Pre-game Analysis
As we go into tomorrow’s NCAA championship game, there is one question every Jayhawk fan is asking. How do we defeat the seemingly unstoppable Kentucky? Yes, Bill Self is easily the greatest coach in the history of the game. And yes, our defense is so brilliant it would have made the Spartans from 300 green…
Read MoreThe Lord of the Rings: A critical reevaluation.
It’s a secret to no one that I’ve always been a bit of a Lord of the Rings fan. I mean, hell, between my book collection, the 15 or so Tolkien themed board games I own and the massive map of middle earth in my living room that has been impressing the ladies for years…
Read MoreTH# Thursday 1:Target-Based Hit Determination DRM Case J
Today I’m proud to finally unveil a brand new direction for www.isleyunruh.com: I’m moving from weekly to daily postings! It was always a problem of content rather than time (I can only write so much Lord of the Rings fan-fiction before I finally have to admit I’m who writes Lord of the Rings fan-fiction), but…
Read MoreThe Top Ten Blog Posts My Readers Are Thankful I Didn’t Actually Write
In a rare fit of compassion I have decided to forgo the usual detailed post about stuff no one cares about for yet another famous Isley list. Enjoy this brief respite, because I’ve been slacking on the blogging and before you know it, I’ll write all the following posts for real. But until then…I give…
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