File Front has published a handful of screen shots of the new sci-fi first person shooter video game “Resistance 3.” The game is at least partially set in St. Louis– a St. Louis of the future (or maybe alternate history) which has been devastated by some kind of cataclysmic event and infested with robo-mutant aliens or something.

See below. The Arch is still standing. (So I don’t know why everybody is worried about a little corrosion.)

Here some robotic flying sentries appear to patrol the Old Post Office.

Readers may recall that St. Louis provided the backdrop for John Carpenter’s dystopian sci-fi movie ”Escape From New York.” The director needed burned-out, abandoned blocks of urban decay and St. Louis and East St. Louis (ca. 1981) had an ample supply. “Resistance 3″ is pure fantasy, so I guess we’re making progress!

P.S. I wish I had discovered these images early enough to submit them to the Gateway Arch design competition.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has no problem spending money we don’t have on porcine stimulus bills that don’t work, unpopular and violative national healthcare bills that don’t curb costs, and perpetual unemployment benefits that don’t create jobs.

But what about paying for improvements to a cherished national monument and civic treasure– a universally-recognized icon of Claire’s home state of Missouri?

Claire’s got just the idea– bake sales!

UPDATE: MikeM writes,

shuckie darns we need more cash? how about a good ol fashin’ ho-down dibberty jibbity doo!

Here are some photos from today’s first anniversary St. Louis Tea Party event on the steps between the Gateway Arch and the banks of the Mississippi. (Click on the thumbnails to view the full photograph.)

UPDATE: Sharp Elbows and Reboot Congress have more photos and video.