Friday, March 28, 2014

Review: Bioshock Infinite

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One of the interesting things about catching up on 10 years of games is that since I'd been exposed continuously to only good games, it...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Review: Sennheiser CX 200

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My favorite headphones for on-the-go sonic isolation are still the Etymotic In-Ear Monitors . Mine are several years old and still going str...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

The Oculus Rift "Sellout"

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Yesterday's announcement of the Oculus Rift acquisition by Facebook has already garnered negative reactions amongst gamers and game de...

First Impressions: Nokia 521 Smartphone

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Microsoft can't seem to do anything right, so when they paired up with Nokia (who can't seem to make a fashionable smart phone) to m...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Cameras for Kids

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If your kid is anything like mine, he's at this point had plenty of photos and videos of him, and has by now figured out to pose for pic...
Sunday, March 23, 2014

Review: Caffeinated

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It's true. Being a parent can drive anyone to try drugs. I'm definitely a testament to that: after being a parent, I started getting...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Price Reduction: Independent Cycle Touring

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Spring is here, and if you're planning a bike tour, now's the time to do it. I've reduced the price of the PDF copy of Independe...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Review: The Rise of Superman

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The Rise of Superman is ostensibly Steven Kotler's book about Flow , as experienced through extreme athletes. In reality, it seems to b...
Monday, March 10, 2014

PSA: New RSS and Atom Feeds

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I was previously using Feedburner , which is now dead. As a result, your existing feed reader probably is no longer receiving updates for my...
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Sunday, March 09, 2014

Review: Telltale Games The Walking Dead Season 1 (PS Vita)

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I got The Walking Dead as part of my PS Vita package . However, the loading times for the game was so long and the loading frequency was so...
Wednesday, March 05, 2014

When will the next generation of game consoles launch?

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While I'm thinking about why game consoles are likely to be around for quite a while , it was instructive for me to take a look at what ...
Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Are you surprised by the success of the game consoles?

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If you read reviews in general interest newspapers or magazines like the New York Times , you should be surprised to learn that the PS4 has...
Friday, February 28, 2014

Review: The Wolf Among Us Episodes 1 & 2

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If you're an old fogey, you'll remember the old point and click adventure games: you know, you click on a graphical environment and ...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Review: The Last of Us

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The Last of Us is a weighty game. It lets you know this the moment you start it up, because to even start a new game requires lots of disk ...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Review: Ghost in the Wires

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Ghost in the Wires is Kevin Mitnick 's memoir of his time as a hacker and fugitive from the law. It's great reading and very entert...
Sunday, February 09, 2014

Review: Batman - Arkham Origins

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I don't usually review current games, since I have been away from video games for so long that I have a backlog that's cheap. But Ar...
Sunday, February 02, 2014

Review: New York Times for the Kindle

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There's no question that the Kindle is by far the best device for reading, especially long form reading. But the Kindle's New York ...
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Review: Batman Arkham City

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Arkham Asylum was the first game I ever finished on the PS3, and Arkham City came with extremely high reviews, with many critics saying tha...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Review: The Emperor of All Maladies

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If cancer doesn't strike fear in you, it should. I've had a friend die of cancer, and it was scary to watch and difficult to forget...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Review: Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

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It's hard for me to review Brothers as a video game. It certainly has all the credentials of a video game, being available on the PS3, ...