Should We Really Ban Google Glass While Driving?
Is it such a stretch to imagine a world in which devices like Google’s glasses are legal while driving, so long as they adhere to operational strictures based on careful research?
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Rainy Days and BioShock Infinite Reviews Never Get Me Down
I should change the title to read “snowy days,” since that’s what it’s doing here — thanks a bunch, spring! — but let there be BioShock Infinite reviews!
Apple’s Wrongheaded, Dangerous Censorship of Satirical Sweatshop for iPad
Apple’s removal of the satirical iOS game Sweatshop from its App Store continues a dangerous precedent of censorship.
Ken Levine: We’ve Created a Rube Goldberg Device that Yields a Person in BioShock Infinite
Part two of my interview with BioShock Infinite‘s Ken Levine, in which we talk about the game’s linchpin artificial intelligence, Elizabeth and why it’s okay if you blame BioShock for the rise of the Tea Party.
Ken Levine: BioShock Infinite Is Very Much a BioShock Game
BioShock Infinite creative lead Ken Levine says he’d “rather make stuff that has no value.” We cover that and more in the first of my two-part interview with the Irrational Games co-founder.
EA Origin Security Flaw Could Expose Tens of Millions of Players
When it rains, it pours: Electronic Arts, currently grappling with game-breaking SimCity server issues as well as the surprise resignation of CEO John Riccitiello, might have to add “millions of players at risk of being hacked” …
Sorry, EA Was Never Obliged to Make SimCity a Single-Player Game
Can we have a calm conversation about SimCity for a moment?
What’s Going On with Nintendo’s Wii U?
Last night, as part of its monthly ritual, retail-tracker NPD Group released its estimates of February’s video game hardware and software sales.
Finally, a Robot Chimp that Turns into a Tank
We’re starting to see some of the DARPA Robotics Challenge’s contenders take shape: Carnegie Mellon just announced that it’s building an ape-like robot, but with tank treads undergirding all four limbs.
Why I’m Skeptical About Xi3′s Piston (No, It’s Not Valve’s Brush-Off)
Isn’t it cute: a tiny black box with sleek, chrome-grille sides that looks a little like Apple’s Mac Mini, you know, if you pinch out the corners and squint.
We’re Ready for ‘Always Online’ — SimCity Wasn’t
I can’t help but feel bad for EA Maxis. This is SimCity we’re talking about, one of EA’s flagship properties. Let it be an object lesson to others: You can’t do this stuff half-baked.
Before You Drop Money on Richard Garriott’s Shroud of the Avatar…
I don’t mean to sound like a curmudgeon, except yes I do: Being Richard Garriott isn’t enough to persuade me to hand someone cash to make a game.
