[Article first published as AT&T’s Merger Sleight of Hand to Gain Political Favor? on Blogcritics.] As the old adage goes, “there’s more than one way to skin a cat.” Why anyone would want to skin a cat to begin with…
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74. first PSN, now SOE: Sony, WTF?
[Article first published as First PSN, now SOE: Sony’s Wounds Deepen on Blogcritics.] I spent more time this morning checking the posting dates of the articles I was reading online than I did on taking in their contents. It seemed to me like…
62. technology does what it can for the land of the rising sun
no silly image or cheesy tagline for this one, as it can’t really apply today. as you all probably know by now, early this morning, a devastating earthquake registering at an 8.9 on the richter scale struck the island nation…
58. kinect hack for couples? move gyroscope hack? now you’re just showing off.
kinect’s guts (image from crunchgear) i wrote a while ago about motion gaming and whether it’s just a novelty or here for the long haul and determined that the wii/kinect/move movement is just the beginning. the kinect on its own has…
53. biotic gaming: gods, monsters and pac-man
biotic games, from switched its impact on gaming in general and its firmly cemented place in video game history notwithstanding, pac-man was a fairly simple and straightforward game. you could move in four directions – up, down, left and right,…
40. motion gaming – here for good or for short term kicks?
microsoft kinect video game manufacturers are always looking for new ways to keep gamers interested in their products. and by that, i mean they’re always trying different ways to stay profitable. it is a business, after all, and i can’t…
38. apple in the ballroom with the candlestick… what?
yeah, i’m kicking it off with a clue reference. i love that game. enough to own a t-shirt with the phrase “miss scarlet in the hall with the revolver” emblazoned across the front (on a side note, check out that…
33. the on-demand life: apple tv and google tv
apple tv, from the official site i know i write a lot about how things have changed from back in the days of yore to the current digital age we live in. call me slightly nostalgic. i’ve covered gaming, computing,…