Nick Berry spent ten years at Microsoft’s Casual Games division, and now is the president of DataGenetics, a data mining company based in Seattle. But in his spare time, he decodes the mysteries of board games like Battleship. Although the film adaptation had a lackluster opening this weekend, that
A sad loss and a man who certainly inspired a generation of game designers. NYT describes Bradbury as a shrewd popularizer of science-fiction: Mr. Bradbury was hardly the first writer to represent science and technology as a mixed bag of blessings and abominations. The advent of the atomic bomb in
Brian Lam explores the proper manners around a wide variety of digital activities including using your phone on first dates, running with your phone, and, of course, our favorite, using your tablet public transportation: This isn’t etiquette so much as fear mongering: Grip your tablet tight and be a
The Economist praises misfits for their eccentricities. From quants to hackers to Jobsian acolytes, all hail the Disorganization Man: Wired magazine once called it “the Geek Syndrome”. Speaking of internet firms founded in the past decade, Peter Thiel, an early Facebook investor, told the New Yorker
