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What Makes a Great (Games) Critic?
Author Maria Bustillos has penned an interesting article on criticism over at The Awl. She questions the presumed requirement of experience, that a critic needs only to have consumed more than others in order to be ready for the task at hand. What we really need is a critic who has got something int
The future of toys has six sides and knows when you’re near
The future of toys is here, and it’s quadrilateral! Well, maybe—but this is nonetheless pretty cool. Meet Sifteo’s Cubes, the brainchild of MIT graduate David Merrill. These cute, “smart” little building blocks, set for release this September, made their debut as Siftables at the 2009 TED conference
Cheat Sheet 8/19: TF2 gets a Deus Ex makeover, EA/Activision spat continues, PixelJunk covers sidescrollers
It’s that time again. Get ready for more mainstream videogame news! –Deus Ex gear infiltrates Team Fortress 2. -EA and Activision are still going at it. -Activision isn’t making friends with some social game companies, either. -The PixelJunk series is now taking on sidescrollers. Take a look. -E
In wake of disaster, Nintendo offers gift to affected families
Nintendo’s shareholders have had a rough few weeks. But a dip in stock prices is not quite as earth-shattering as, well, the earth shattering. Realizing this, the Japanese company sent a small token of appreciation, a special-edition DSiLL (XL in America) with TV tuner capabilities, to families stru
Flashback: Tekken 3 Will Kill Your Goldfish
You know how it is. You’re minding your own business, eating a sandwich when you hear your aquarium shatter. You find your goldfish dying. Your room destroyed, you discover the source of all this destruction: Tekken 3. Also, note the end of the commercial, when claiming that a game isn’t, in fact, a
Cheat Sheet 8/18: Borderlands 2 swimming in weapons, Top Gear track coming to Forza 4, Sony panel looks ahead
Fear no more: instant mainstream videogame news has come to the rescue! -Sony panel looks into the future at Gamescom. -Take a look at Dante’s new moves in these new Devil May Cry photos and videos. –Borderlands 2 offering “millions upon millions of possible weapons.” Oh, joy! –Fall in love with th
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