Despite what you may have heard, lawyers are, in fact, human beings with interests and hobbies all their own. They are not, I repeat not, robots sent from the future solely for the purpose of billing hours, drafting documents, and negotiating terms. Not all of them anyway.
In TGIF, I touch on some of my own interests primarily through the lens of the “Rules of the Game”, focusing on the rules and incentives that ultimately affect all of us in pursuing our life’s endeavors. I may even crack a joke or two. Hard to say.
TGIF will be published regularly on (surprisingly enough) Friday mornings. For more information, check out www.hoeglaw.com or drop Rick a line at rhoeg@hoeglaw.com.
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Mass Effect Andromeda – Optimism in a Sea of Cynicism
This week sees the launch of the latest in one of the most well thought of western video game role-playing series: Mass Effect. In previous games, your character (called Shepard, or “The Shepherd” when series creator Bioware really wanted to step up the haughtiness) helped fight off the existential threat of giant mechanical squid things from beyond called “The Reapers”. Ah, video games. The third and final game of the original trilogy in particular, really delved into the “end of all things” of it all ( I mean, just listen to this.)
Rightfully thinking that after two sequels, “galaxy-wide apocalypse” could not easily be topped, the newest game in the series, “Mass Effect Andromeda“, takes a different approach.
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Rules of the Game 