there’s a lot of news swirling around today on miscellaneous tech: facebook security, naturally apple stuff, windows phone 7 launch and blaaaaahhhh blah bloopity blaaaaah. none of that news in the technical sphere should outdo something that is far more…
Gaming
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34. globalization and character identity crisis: devil my cry
the grown up dante we know from devil may cry 4 those of you that know me and my gaming style know that i’m a big fan of the devil may cry series – not counting devil may cry 2…
32. video games and the fall of japan
squaresoft’s final fantasy (1987) my apologies to the land of the rising sun. just off the heels of TGS ’10 (the tokyo game show for those not in the know), a few key people in japanese gaming have been saying that…
31. if you’re havin’ halo problems i feel bad for you son, i got 99 problems but a hard drive ain’t one
halo: reach back when games still came on cartridges, figuring out how exactly to play them was a no-brainer. you put the cartridge into the slot and turn it on. that really didn’t change at all when cartridges moved to…
30. alleged game addiction, idiotry, and more ridiculous lawsuits
20,000 hours is an extremely long time to be doing anything – even the basic function of living. 20,000 hours translates into 833 days, which further calculates out to 2.28 years. it’s enough time complete more than half of a…
28. gaming, society, and politics: medal of honor
super mario bros. (NES) do you remember video games from the 80’s? that’s when i played my first games – the super mario brothers / duck hunt double cartridge on a nintendo my parents bought me as a birthday present…
23. the great escape (chinese internet addiction center edition)
probably not this cool while i do always tout that we are living in the digital age, there is a line that can be drawn between “web enthusiast” and addiction. a web enthusiast may be bored without his or her…
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…
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…
