18. common damn sense – oh mcafee, you poor bastards

mcafee. holy damn. can i ask, was pcp involved? was that it? was your damn dev team high on the dust? this outburst was real – actually said out loud while reading the morning news in my office concerning mcafee…

17. iphone 4.0 lost and found, controversy abound

i really didn’t mean to rhyme that. lately there have been stories floating around the interwebs about how the guys over at gizmodo got their hands on a prototype for the iphone 4.0, which should sound very strange to anyone…

16: product placement has finally gotten out of control

(the following was prompted by recent ridiculous screencaps from konami’s metal gear solid: peace walker from kotaku and kotaku japan) ADVERTISING. a fundamentally basic concept that over the years has become so complex, twisted, and ubiquitous that sometimes i just…

15. EA plus tiger woods still equals ratings

yes, i’m going to be talking about tiger woods. after the, shall we say, transgressions, on the part of tiger woods, we’ve seen the inevitable corporate fallout happen on pretty much every media outlet.  accenture dropped ties with tiger in…

14. warner brothers’ spy game

here’s a question for you: how much would it take for you to snitch on your free-content-lovin peers? what’s your price? there’s always been rumors of plants from the movie industry spying on peer to peer networks – we know…

13. china and google III: china is zod

yeah i skipped part ii – do something about it. i’ll nutshell it below. back in january, when i first started this project, my first actual post talked a little bit about the controversy between google and the chinese government…

12. cars man, chicks love the cars

at least that’s what they say. everyone has had fantasies rolling down the street in some sort of crazy ride. so what’s yours? audi r8? nissan gt-r? porsche 911? all three are amazing pieces of design and examples of hi-tech…

11. people pirate media because piracy is cool?

i mean i guess they’re right. how long have you been using the phrase “piracy” or the verb “pirate” to denote steali… i mean… the creative acquisition of digital booty and other similar copyrighted ducats?  since ye were naught but…

10. murray hill – heroic political pranksters

before i begin today’s post, i realize this has been up for 2 months and i’ve only managed to squeeze out 10 posts total, including this one.  from here on in, my loyal readers will be guaranteed 2 posts per…

09. for those about to rock

WE SALUTE YOU (sorry, had to be done). by now i’m sure all of you, regardless of your gamer or geek status, or lack thereof, have spent some time in the world of console game rock.  by this i mean…