The View From Lower Down

I was recently watching a load of Wired videos about chess (don't ask me why; I'm not sure myself Have you heard of Anarchy Chess? It was an event on Reddit in which users were allowed to vote on the next move in a game of chess, legal or not .  The game started simple with a move which in traditional chess is considered pointless as it offers no tactical advantage, however in this case involved White taking their own pawn. However, things quickly escalated as Black decided they wanted another Queen, which gave them a huge advantage until White's next move, when they decided that actually, the queen should be theirs. Unfortunately, this means that White has to draw 2 cards. As you can see, Anarchy Chess got unhinged very quickly. You can see the full progression of the game below: This post is not about Anarchy Chess. This post is about Chaos Chess. Chaos Chess is similar to Anarchy Chess in that it's nothing like Anarchy Chess The main reason that Chaos Chess is on thi...

 Me neither. I was born in the 90's. I've had thoughts on this subject for a while now, and only just remembered that I have an (albeit small) platform to broadcast my thoughts. You may have heard of or even remember the short-lived spoof police procedural TV show,  Police Squad! , but in case you haven't, I'll briefly describe it: Police Squad is a comedy TV show about a police precinct solving crimes, focussing mainly on the activity of Detective Frank Drebin. The comedy is surreal and absurdist and despite good reviews and positive feedback, ran for only six episodes in 1982. You're probably thinking, why cancel it if it had positive feedback? I'll let then ABC entertainment president Tony Thomopoulos take that one: [Thomopoulos] claimed it was because " the viewer had to watch it in order to appreciate it. "  TV Guide magazine would later condemn that statement as " The most stupid reason a network ever gave for ending a series. "  (sourc...