Should the Blind Be Able to ‘Drive’ Automated Vehicles?
It’s probably inevitable: the point at which someone legally forbidden today from manually operating a motor vehicle on public roadways can pop into an automobile and ease on down the road.
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Batman: Arkham Origins Outed, New Dev Studio Handling
So this is turning out to be an intriguing Tuesday after all: a completely new Batman Arkham game in the offing!
40 Years of Music Industry History in Less than a Minute
“The world has changed…” Galadriel might have been talking about Middle-earth, or just the U.S. music industry.
Should We Ban Handheld Smartphone Maps While Driving? California Court Thinks So
It’s weird out there and getting weirder: A California court just ruled that screwing around with your phone’s map app while driving ought to be as illegal as texting or using the device without a handsfree solution.
Rumor: ‘Expensive’ Xbox Reveal in May, Cheaper Xbox 360 Also in the Offing
What if Microsoft released not one but two new Xbox consoles: one designed to cater to boutique next-gen spenders, another more palatable, price-wise, if not as forward-looking?
An Always-Online Console? ‘Deal With It’ — Microsoft Studios Creative Director Kicks the Hornet’s Nest
Microsoft Studios’ creative director Adam Orth sort of walked into it yesterday on Twitter.
Defiance‘s ‘Shadow War’ Really Is a Shadow War
My chief complaint with Defiance at this point is probably Shadow War, the game’s intriguing take on PvP, which can be a little like praying for rain in the Sahara.
It’s the End for LucasArts (1982-2013), Though What Have We Lost, Really?
For some reason it’s not just news but front page headline news that Disney just shuttered LucasArts, a video game developer and publisher that used to make terrific video games.
Trion’s Defiance: So Far, Definitely Not Full of Shtako
Defiance is both an MMO and a SyFy TV show — the TV show doesn’t arrive until April 15, but the MMO is here, and it’s not too shabby.
Follow the King’s Roadmap: Game of Thrones Web App Rules
As a rule, I avoid covering marketing stunts, but as an exception to that rule, I’ll do so when the stunt turns out to be genuinely helpful.
The Double Standard in the Room: ReDigi and the (Now Illegal) Resale of MP3s
So much for your right to resell MP3 music files: a U.S. District court just decided that the resale of MP3 files — where those files are transferred by copying — officially violates the Copyright Act.
WATCH: Robot Swarms of the Future (Because Sometimes It Takes a Village)
What happens when you put 40 tiny robots in a room and let them go nuts?