I claim the honor of being the very last blog in the universe to link to this Jonathan Coulton post about this YouTube mashup artist (I hate that I just said YouTube mashup artist):
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I don’t know if all the scare talk about Kutiman actually getting sued for this has any …
An ongoing source of shame in my life is my pathetic blogroll. I did it in like 6 minutes the day the blog went up, because 6 minutes was all I had. And now I can’t change it without the aid of an engineer who has a Ph.D. in astrophysics and mind powers. But I’m going to do it this week. Help? Gimme links: what’s your essential daily …
I wrote a piece about Twitter this week.
So apparently did every other journalist in this mighty nation of ours. And I thought I was special. It seems like Twitter sort of poked its head into mainstream consciousness this week. My only point is that Twitter is kind of addictive but maybe not all that good for you. Or at least for …
I’m in Los Angeles to take part in a public conversation about anger on the Internet. I’m not sure if this is because I know a lot about anger on the Internet or because I just am frequently angry on the Internet. Sort of a form-content dealio there, I guess.
Anyway I can tell I’m in L.A. because Google Maps is telling …
It’s not really fair of me to play Halo Wars. I mean, first it has to get past the apples-and-oranges comparison with the original Halo games. Which makes no sense, but you can’t help it. Then it has to compete with my memories of Bungie’s old RTS Myth, which are sacred and can never be superseded. To this day when I fly cross-country …
A few weeks ago I sat down for an hour and a half with Dan Houser, the creative force behind the Grand Theft Auto games, in particular The Lost and Damned, which came out this week. That conversation turned into this piece.
I was nervous about writing this piece. I’m a serious gamer and have been for more than 30 years. In fact among …
Let me tell you a little something I’ve learned about scotch. When you drink a lot of it, you feel bad the next day. I’ve learned this before. I will probably learn it again. I think if I take any more Advil I’m going to have toxic shock syndrome.
So rather than do a proper post I’m just going to link to a piece I did for the magazine …
It’s a Nerd World exclusive, y’all: the new GTA4:TLaD trailer:
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He punched a toll clerk! Rather lovely. It’s sort of uncanny seeing Niko (at :55) when you’re playing Johnny — it’s like he’s you, but he’s not you …
From the Department of Facebook Etiquette: It’s my birthday today. (Thanks! No, seriously, thanks! When’s yours? No way! That’s the same day as my aunt, dude…)
Like just about ever other idiot who immigrated to Facebook some time ago, during registration, I dutifully filled in my birth date. That, plus the fact that I am a …
They really did. It’s a first. One was an Iridium satellite (remember those?) and the other was a defunct Soviet communications satellite (is there any other kind?) The collision took place at noon EST, 491 miles over northern Siberia. No fair! Everything good always happens over northern Siberia.
Asked which satellite was at fault,
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There’s been a ton of (predictable) reaction to Walter Isaacson’s cover story this week, in which he argues that micropayments could save the newspaper business.
Bloggers and old media guys alike have derided the idea. People don’t want to pay for Web content online, they argue. They don’t want to be nickeled and dimed. Even …