journalism was quite a lot different back when the telephone was the big story. Rebecca Rosen explains: On this day in 1876, the U.S. Patent Office awarded Alexander Graham Bell a patent for his “improvement in telegraphy,” or, as we now know it, the telephone (above). This anniversary seems like as good a day as […]
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(Update: Please read my latest piece on this issue here, in which I discuss the day-one DLC in more depth.) Minutes after it was available to review on Metacritic, the negative reviews began popping up for BioWare’s latest Mass Effect installment. [Updated below with a comment about my review of A Dance With Dragons] Two […]
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is in trouble. Following the conservative talk-radio host’s remarks about a college student, Sandra Fluke, who testified before congress during the contraception debate, numerous advertisers are pulling their ads from the show. After Fluke’s testimony, Limbaugh took to the airwaves. “What does that make her?” he asked. “It makes her a slut, right? It makes […]
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What’s behind the bad reaction to Mass Effect 3 on Metacritic? (I have refined my thoughts on this in a new post which you can read here.) Updated below. BioWare’s Mass Effect 3 introduces more than a compelling story and incredible graphics. The game allows you to pursue various romantic story-lines, including a gay or […]
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Mass Effect 3 launches to high expectations – does it live up to the hype? Oh yes…. Mass Effect 3 is awesome. I don’t mean to simply say that it’s a great game, though it is; I mean that it fills you with awe. Video games are becoming more and more like interactive films, and the […]
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Mitt Romney? Rick Santorum? Forget these guys – Commander Shepard is back… The internet will be abuzz tomorrow with predictions of Mitt Romney’s doom as the candidates gear up for ‘Super Tuesday.’ Ten states hold Republican primaries Tuesday, and the lack of enthusiasm for either Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney this election cycle is painfully […]
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Okay, so I may have a problem with the assassin’s costume in ‘Assassin’s Creed 3′ – but I still think the Revolutionary War setting was a smart move by Ubisoft. This trailer confirms both these views. The game looks gorgeous. I love the idea of racing across snowy boughs, high above the British troops. I […]
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Okay, so I may have a problem with the assassin’s costume in ‘Assassin’s Creed 3′ – but I still think the Revolutionary War setting was a smart move by Ubisoft. This trailer confirms both these views. The game looks gorgeous. I love the idea of racing across snowy boughs, high above the British troops. I […]
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Every now and then we hear rumors of the death of the PC. The rise of the tablet, and especially the iPad, makes these rumors far more common. Take this article in the New York Times, titled “As New iPad Debut Nears, Some See Decline Of PC.” To be fair, it’s a reasonably balanced article, […]
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Every now and then we hear rumors of the death of the PC. The rise of the tablet, and especially the iPad, makes these rumors far more common. Take this article in the New York Times, titled “As New iPad Debut Nears, Some See Decline Of PC.” To be fair, it’s a reasonably balanced article, […]
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