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PAUSE: A man’s 86th birthday comic depicts living through WWII, discovering Nintendo at 65.
This one’s a bit old, but a Redditor’s 86th Birthday Rage comic gives us some perspective from the life of a man who lived through WWII and discovered Nintendo at 65. [pic: Reddit]
Cheat Sheet 1/25: Tons of Hardware rumors for the next Xbox and Wii U, No Blizzcon 2012, and Tiny Tower devs stick it to Zynga
Hey guys! Look at all the rumors! From hardware to games, anonymous sources galore! – Everyone’s making claims about the next Xbox. Blu-Ray? Graphics processor? Release date? All I know is I’m gonna call it the Nextbox. – The WiiU is getting some hardware rumors of its own. – There’s no Blizzcon unt
Games and computer use healthy for kids, says reasonable psychologist.
By now, we’ve heard the tired and rather baseless complaints that gaming makes children antisocial and violent. While stepping away from the console (especially for those more formative years) is important, psychologist Peter Gray writes an extended piece for Psychology Today explaining why kids SHO
FLASHBACK OF THE DAY: Bart Simpson paints the town yellow.
[video: Youtube]
Are PCs just imitating consoles?
There’s been some speculation recently how a prohibitively expensive and complex media platform like a PC could continue to survive financially. Then, as if in response to these fears, Alienware unleashed this new curiosity: a slimmed-down personal computer that looks so much like an Xbox 360 that m
What do Cormac McCarthy and Alan Wake have in common? (Aside from writing, of course.)
Remedy’s thriller Alan Wake has always been built around atmosphere, initially aping the cool, detached creepiness of the American Northwest. For the latest episode of the tale, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, the eponymous author finds himself in the American Southwest battling his alter-ego Mr. Sc
Next on Apple’s list of game-changers: school.
Ever seen those funny but vaguely disturbing youtube videos of toddlers becoming frustrated and confused when their magazines don’t automatically resize or reorient themselves at the brush of a finger? Apparently, Apple realized that it was on to something—the company recently announced a partnershi
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