December 2007
“What this means to you is that there really is no such thing as a...”
– :: TheSouthern.com - New and Improved ::
“The industry’s lawyer in the case, Ira Schwartz, argues in a brief filed...”
– Download Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal Use - washingtonpost.com
The Meanest Game Nintendo Ever Made →
mtv.com has a great review of Freshly Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland, which I actually like better than the new Zelda on the DS. It’s an awesome game, one of the best on the DS. The way money works in the game, and generally the gameplay mechanics, make this worth the asking price. The characters in the game are hilarious, and the story is just plain weird. Unfortunately, I’m stuck in...
“To draw a line in the sand between casual and hardcore is ludicrous. Some people...”
– Casual gamers don’t read game reviews, according to EA - Gamezebo.com
A bit of random rambling
How Facebook will look in 30 years. How to evaluate a new product. Pusher robot. The lessons of Zelda. Carly Comando. The last part of gametrailers’ year in review should go online today. Tetris is evil (but we all knew that, right? :-). Gerstmann now has a blog. Slate’s gaming club. I see it has now started to snow. Awesome. I hope it keeps up; maybe tomorrow, the slopes will be...
Some Gaming Links
While the Wii’s success continues (the thing seems so unstoppable that at least one paper restricted its “game of the year” piece to Wii games), questions about the quality of its games abound. Specifically, people start to wonder whether all the minigames compilations hurt the Wii. Where are the real games? Personally, I don’t mind the minigames. I think minigames are to...
“A list of the most famous cinematic anomalies from great directors.”
– DAILY FILM DOSE: A Daily Film Appreciation and Review Blog: HE DIRECTED THAT?
The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto | The New York... →
Unbelievable images, found via daringfireball. Pakistan claims the death was self-inflicted, trying to deny her a martyr’s death.
Fortune Ranks Radiohead’s Self-Publication of ‘In... →
The Megapixel Myth →
“According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, more than 734,000 individuals...”
– Kucinich on Marijuana Decriminalization | Presscue
Slashdot | Play Free or Die - The Best Free Web... →
WatchGametrailers.com - Japanese Comparison of the Vii by alphatrainer
“Amazon sold Wii system “at approximately 17 per second when they were in...”
– Amazon: Wii Wins the Amazon Christmas
“Quite a while ago we noticed that the image quality of digital cameras was...”
– Best picture quality: 6 megapixels
“While one often hears about how Macs are gay, simple statistics dictate that...”
– Crazy Apple Rumors Site » Blog Archive » The Mac Vs. Windows - DEATH CAGE MATCH!
“It is a common practice of many companies to focus their attention on grabbing...”
– The ‘Myth of Market Share’: Can Focusing Too Much on the Competition Harm Profitability? - Knowledge@Wharton
Clothes: Made to Order Pixel Art Beanies →
Yay, my cap made it on kotaku :-)
New Versions of Old Cars
Two old TV series involving cars are getting the movie treatment. One did the car update right, and one did it unbelievably wrong. Seriously, this is KITT? Fuck that.
“If you’re sick of dealing with software-based iPhone unlocks, a number of...”
– Friday afternoon Apple links, pre-Christmas edition
“Yet many of these packages dropped the ball in an area increasingly regarded as...”
– Report: antivirus applications getting weaker over time
Fake Rixstep: Industry Watch →
“Musk tells us that Tesla is raising an internal round from himself and other...”
– Even cars are coming out as beta versions…
“As an adventure-gaming icon whose resume includes cherished titles like Maniac...”
– Spot on: ‘Here’s the pitch…’ - PlayStation 2 News at GameSpot