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I recently saw Buried and though I immediately told everyone to see the film – and will continue to do so – there are a couple things that bothered me after I saw it. The movie has some interesting tricks to keep the viewer engaged, including building different coffins with varied dimensions to get interesting [...]
Did you know GMail has its own little app store? Ok, so it’s not really a store. And they aren’t called apps. But there are lots of free little add-ons for Firefox and Chrome that inject handy new features into GMail. I’ve tested two recently that are among the most useful I’ve seen. The first, [...]
In college I wrote this paper about our society’s growing fascination with torture porn and fake snuff films. I watched the worst of the lot, including the Guinea Pig films, Cannibal Holocaust and August Underground, for research. My professor, who probably thought I was crazy, gave me a B on the paper, commenting that although it [...]
Well, will you look at that. You can buy Scrabble for your Kindle. Actually, do whatever you want. I can buy Scrabble for my Kindle. My iPhone has turned into little more than a Scrabble machine, and I expect the amount of books I read on the Kindle will plummet now that the game is [...]
In lieu of my regular non-existent contribution to Techland, classic Simpsons writer and lovable polymath Mike Reiss has something he’d like to get off his chest:
Previously in the series: The Playstation and Me: David Jaffe, Part 1, The Playstation and Me: David Jaffe, Part 2, The Playstation and Me: David Jaffe, Part 3, The Playstation and Me: Ted Price, part 1, The Playstation and Me: Ted Price, part 2, The Playstation and Me: Ted Price, part 3,The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 1, The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 2,The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 3, The Playstation and Me: [...]
It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.
Dark Horse Comics has relaunched a handful of the old Gold Key Comics titles in the past few months, including Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom. This new version is written by Jim Shooter, the comics-industry vet who previously revived Solar in the ’90s as part of the Valiant Comics line. Courtesy of Dark Horse, [...]
Previously in the series: The Playstation and Me: David Jaffe, Part 1, The Playstation and Me: David Jaffe, Part 2, The Playstation and Me: David Jaffe, Part 3, The Playstation and Me: Ted Price, part 1, The Playstation and Me: Ted Price, part 2, The Playstation and Me: Ted Price, part 3,The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 1, The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 2,The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 3, The Playstation and Me: [...]
Although DC Entertainment’s official line is that no-one can talk specifics about the number of employees affected by the decision to move all but the company’s print publishing division to the West Coast – with the LA Times’ figure of 20% layoffs challenged by DC spokespeople – until all DC employees have gone through one-on-one [...]
WCG Ultimate Gamer 2 is coming closer to the gauntlet, the final gaming match to determine the winner of $100,000 and the title of WCG Ultimate Gamer. Last night, we said goodbye to the sixth person eliminated, Faye Mata.
