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  • Going digital for the short term Going digital for the short term

    I sit here listening to Aretha Franklin’s “Think” while writing this, and it makes me think (you should have seen it coming).  While I have little doubt that my children or grandchildren will still get the pleasure of hearing Ms. Franklin’s voice, I do wonder about t...

  • A swiftly tilting media landscape

    For years the promise of one console to unify all games has been little more than a pipe dream for gamers.  Yes, it would be wonderful to play Mario, Gran Turismo and Halo all on one console--but gamers no better than to dream for such things.  But why? Video games remain the only major med...

  • Star Wars at the House the Mouse Built Star Wars at the House the Mouse Built

    Star Wars has had a spotty record as of late.  The Clone Wars animated film bombed at the box office and many fans seem burned out on the whole saga.  Still, there’s an undeniable allure to all things Star Wars for many.  That’s what makes these ads so cool. Created ...

  • The fallacy of piracy The fallacy of piracy

    No, not the “bottle of rum” kind of pirates, but pirates of media online.  This is probably a destined to be hated topic to write about online, but important nonetheless.  You see, too few denizens of the world of blogs and tweets are willing to say that piracy is wrong, or at ...

  • Continuing our story some other place, some other time Continuing our story some other place, some other time

    There was a time, not too long ago, that when a television show’s ratings fell too low and it was canceled, that was the end of the road.  Not so anymore.  Ghostbusters is getting a second sequel, but in video game form.  Buffy the Vampire Slayer got an eighth season, but in c...

  • A tisket, a tasket, a novel reaping gadget A tisket, a tasket, a novel reaping gadget

    There is so much good to be said of technology.  Medical innovations have not only lengthened lives, but improved the quality of them, as well.  Then there are innovations of convenience, such as MP3 players that allow us to carry entire catalogues of music in our pocket.  But what of t...

  • Project Runway’s Nina Garcia gets canned from day job

    Nina Garcia, one of the judges from Bravo's Project Runway series, has been fired from her day job as Fashion Director for Elle Magazine.  This probably comes as good or bad news for you depending on how you respond to her personality on the show, or if you're a reader of Elle Magazine. ...

  • Another library chooses games over empty aisles

    In what appears to be getting more common these days, another public library has devoted some of its energy toward promoting video games.  No, not books about video games or the fairly forgettable video game adaptation novels, but actual video games.  In this case, it was a Super Smash ...

  • Writer Arthur C. Clarke passes away

    Sir Arthur C. Clarke, best known to most as the author of the short story upon which 2001: A Space Odyssey is based, has passed away.  Beyond the obvious shame of losing one of the great science fictions authors of all-time, there is a sadness to seeing another one of the iconic writers of the ...

  • Harry Potter’s last adventure to be two movies

    In a move that smells of greed, the last Harry Potter book, The Deathly Hallows, will be made into two films.  Rumors have persisted for months that the last Potter book was too dense to be made into a singular film, and now it has been confirmed.  The films will release as Harry Potter and ...

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