[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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73. welcome back? sony’s answer to the PSN fiasco
[Article first published as Welcome Back? Sony’s Answer to the PSN Fiasco on Blogcritics.] The current issues surrounding Sony’s little security problem have been fairly public, and can be considered the biggest issue in gaming to date this year. If you’re not…
66. the NFL’s concussion awareness campaign hits madden 12
image – amazon.com i always talk about how closely art imitates life imitates art and on and on in an infinite 2-way loop. sports games is where that sentiment is taken pretty literally, where studios like EA do their best…
65. bioware vs. homophobia
today we’re talking about dragon age 2, the latest from bioware. like most games in the rpg genre it shares, players have choices outside of the main storyline in what they want to do, and how they want to do…
64. goodbye 28-day wait to rent a new movie, hello zediva. and thank you, copyright loophole.
the idea of being able to stream movies and television over high speed broadband connections is wonderful, especially when there’s so many sources to access it from. now you buy streams for single episodes, complete television seasons and moves from…
59. when sony was in LG land, let my playstations go
in the pantheon of technology lawsuits there have recently been several worthy bouts of note involving the heavy hitters of tech. apple, microsoft and google have all been very publicly involved with lawsuits and counter-suits and what have you, mostly…
51. sony makes a play for the mobile market
picture from kotaku these days when you hear anything about mobile gaming, “mobile” and “casual” seem to be used interchangeably. some people may think of smart phones and tablets, like the iphone/ipad or any smartphone or device sporting the android OS.…
44. EA squeezes some fresh truth juice for their boy tiger
and i’m back. hope everyone’s thanksgiving holiday went well. mine was one of turkey bliss, including 2 varieties of mashed potatoes (regular and cheesy bacon) and made me feel happy in the belly. anyway, down to business – we’ll ease…