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Sony has had a tough year from the tsunami in Japan that cost the company billions to the spate of hacks of the PlayStation Network to the realities of adapting an 160,000+ employee company to the realities of the the Internet age. As CEO Harold Stringer likely approaches the end of his tenure, acco
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An oldie but goodie for our horror fans. Two years ago, Men’s Journal’s Mischa Berlinski traveled to Haiti to separate fact from fiction around the idea of the zombie. The results are riveting: Shortly after that incident, I started taking Creole lessons from a motorcycle-taxi driver named Lucner De
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While this Kickstarter project is intended to let common household objects give you notifications over the internet, it is only a matter of time before your washing machine is challenging you to a game of chess. -Jason Johnson
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Who says that great game ideas have to come from professionals, or even adults? A seven year-old named Quincy recently emailed his plan for the next Batman title to Bitmob. The full text of his letter is below: I am Quincy and am 7 years old. I have ideas or suggestions for new batman game. Entitled
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I love the wireframe machine guns. Source: Patrick Clair. -Jason Johnson
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While the Cold War was raging, many folks turned onto chess and matches between the Soviets and the Americans were seen as extensions of the conflict. Even today, political struggles play out over the chessboard. At a recent tournament Iranian Grandmaster Eshan Ghaem Maghami refused to play Israeli
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A brawl broke out among Black Friday shoppers at a Wal-Mart in an affluent neighborhood in LA. According to a bizarre and frightening account in the Los Angeles Times, videogames were the cause of the fracas. Lopez said that by the time he arrived at the video games, the display had been torn down.
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When the robots take the planet over, they will make a videogame celebrating these images. More here. [via]
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A recent blog post by Steve Silberman admired the sketchbook of Susan Kare, the artist responsible for all those classic Macintosh icons. Kare’s sketches played a big role in making computers more friendly for everybody, as illustrated by her iconic smiling Mac. The genius of Steve Jobs, Jef Raskin
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Perhaps on a quest to roleplay a Mountain Dew commercial, a group of computer scientists in Malaysia are hoping to climb Mount Kinabalu and set up a LAN party. This would enable the 12 person team to play an online game against each other, and quietly ignore the majesty and wonder the mountain’s sum
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A segment of a larger Spin interview with Tyler, the Creator of Odd Future offered insight into his influences: When did you get your first skateboard? I was 12, I got a Blind. I had no one to skate with so it took me awhile to learn shit. Did you learn from watching videos? Pro Skater 4. It’s a fuc
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What do you do when your girlfriend cheats on you with a guy who really likes Alkaline Trio? Well, you could cry about it, or you could sell the engagement ring you got for her on eBay and use the money to buy a really heavy, hyper-realistic suit of armor, just like Master Chief’s in Halo. Eventual