• Knockin' on Node's door

    This weekend I helped a coworker with a Node Knockout 48 hour programming competition. It taught me two things: one, I do not have the constitution for programming marathons; and two, that specification documents are essential before starting programming.

  • Junk Jack X

    For whatever reason (not obtuse enough?) I haven’t played much Gnomoria, but I’ve found something similar on iOS: Junk Jack X, which is Minecraft for human beings.

  • iPad Air

    What surprises you about the iPad Air is how small it feels.

  • World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

    You could spend an entire console generation playing this game. Or a human generation.

  • The Fastest Way

    Today on Stack Exchange.

  • Internet Explorer-tan

    The dark side of the Internet can be a dangerous and scary place. Will our heroine be able to survive?

  • Back to the city

    I'm going to give SimCity another try. I stopped playing when I realized the traffic system was utterly broken.

  • Apocalypse cancelled

    Very little in Pacific Rim makes sense.

  • Captain Zack Power

    Weddings and baby showers are new things for me. Never been to either one!

  • It's Crime Time!

    Monaco is a hoot. It looks like Hotline Miami and starts off as readable as Dwarf Fortress.

  • People are protesting low land values

    I have a SimCity problem.

  • Take a girl for a ride

    Disclaimer: at the time of writing I am a contractor working with Microsoft and 343 Industries on Halo 4. My copy of this game was free.

  • For Tyria!

    After eight years of Warcraft only the most devout dairy queen would think this blizzard hasn’t gotten stale. The griffons that once ferried us happily across the vast landscape have become AFK Airlines.

  • Reformat syndrome

    You know the worst thing about owning an Apple product? They tend to work all the time.

  • At the Nexus of madness

    My first day with the Nexus 7 included two epiphanies. “Oh, I get it now,” spoken slowly. Then later and more frantically, “how do they live like this?”

  • It is now safe to use approved electronic devices

    Why can't you use electronic devices during airplane takeoff and landing?

  • iPhone tremors

    There’s only two times Apple reduces prices on a product: when its successor is near and on Black Friday. That’s it.

  • A challenger appearz

    Quick, what’s the most Apple-like company in the PC space? No, not Samsung. You’ve been reading too much of The Verge lately.

  • Surface-level compromises

    Consider Microsoft’s advertising for Windows 8 and their Surface tablet: 'No Compromises.'

  • 7.85 inch... oh no

    The patent trial of the century is in full swing. Phil Schiller’s testimony is fascinating, revealing that yes, of course Apple does market research like any other company.