Slate advises on the right and wrong ways to name your galactic vessel. (Icarus is a terrible one): Otherwise, if you’re taking on a mission of vital or, let’s say, hubristic scale, the names of Greek tragic figures should generally be avoided. Bellerophon, for example. Sure, he was pretty mighty, a
Wow. Remember that 16-bit episode of Community. An industrious Reddit user has turned it into an actual game. Enjoy it now before some funsucker at NBC takes it down. [via AV Club]
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
