Magical, revolutionary advertising

One thing that really struck me while reading Fake Steve Jobs' book was his assertion that Apple designs products backwards.

Gamer Theater

Friday nights in Tallahassee had a predictable rhythm for a while: go to dinner with friends then retire to my apartment and play the latest cinematic video game together, be it Uncharted or God of War or LA Noire.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution reflections

It's like a movie where you can decide the ending.

Thoughts on Apple TV

As the rumors swirl about Apple releasing an actual LCD television I wondered about the point of it. Aren't our current televisions acceptable as they are? What would Apple do differently?

Fixing Apache on Mountain Lion

Insanely Twisted Shadow Remnant

Today's theme is "doing it right" and "trying to do it right."

Dark Souls

Dark Souls is coming to the PC next month. I’m… excited isn’t the right word. Tense? Fearful? Giddy?

EYE on Exodus

I didn't buy these games to increase my colon stockpile. I was just in the mood for some non-linear shooting and a little space combat. I got none of those.

Zeemote

One of the party favors I picked up from last night’s AT&T hackathon was a Zeemote. It’s a Bluetooth gaming controller for Android devices. Yeah, it solves that problem.

Sparrow flies away

Popular Mac mail app Sparrow has been bought by Google. No new features are coming, and people are upset. Really upset. Betrayed, even.

The Rolling Dead

This is an idea for a zombie game using smartphones and Sphero devices that I came up with at an AT&T mobile app hackathon.

Memo to Charles Schumer: Publishers are not books

Charles Schumer argues that the suit against Apple and book publishers is misguided and will restore an Amazon.com monopoly in e-books. This isn’t a great lawsuit, but Mr. Schumer’s argument is worse.

The Binding of Seacrest County

I bought The Binding of Issac and Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit today off the Steam Summer Sale. They’re equally absurd.

Brave

Girl doesn't want to get married, runs away, magic curse, makes peace with mom, happy ending.

Consuming iPads

Want to annoy an Apple pundit? Claim "the iPad is for creation, not consumption." Drives them crazy. Drives me even crazier, because I have to read an argument where no one will define the terms.

Frequently Asked Questions

AMAZING MAN OR MENACE?

I don't want lighters, I want SPOTLIGHTS! I'm the one protecting this city from that red menace, where's my RED CARPET?

Twitter cracking down

Oh please oh please oh please. Close up. Crack down. Do it. Now.

Synthetic meat

Gizmodo, on the challenges of creating synthetic meat

How I use Facebook

I've been with Facebook almost since its inception, and so have my high school and college friends.