Round Table: December ‘07 - UPDATE 12/31
Monday, December 31st, 2007Here we are at the end of the year already! In the past I’ve given the December Round Tables a holiday theme, but this year I think there’s a slightly more important topic we ought to take a look at. Several events over the last few months have informed this choice of topics and I [...]
How Do We Beat the Bitch?
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007From the American Heritage Dictionary
bitch(bĭch)
n.
1. A female canine animal, especially a dog.
2. Offensive.
1. A woman considered to be spiteful or overbearing.
2. A lewd woman.
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What Goes on Four Legs in the Morning?
Friday, November 16th, 2007I was on the road to Thebes when this winged cat woman came up to me. “Answer my riddle or I’ll devour you,” she said.
Hm. That wouldn’t do. I like to get my kink on as much as the next guy, but I draw the line at furries. At least, in public I do. “And [...]
Credit Where Credit Is Due
Friday, November 9th, 2007All right, it was brought to my attention that EA recently did something nice. So, if you’re counting (and I am), this will make the second socially conscious EA maneuver I’ve talked about. The first was their overhaul of the Panda 3D renderer and the second is… They aren’t being complete asshats about including SimCity [...]
Screw You, We’re Rich!
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Warning–more EA vitriol ahead. Why do I continue to attack EA for the woes of the industry? Because they exemplify all that is vile and disgusting about the industry. Their success has been built upon the corpses, not of the worthy opponents in the field, but of the little guy–the indie studios and innovative developers [...]
I Shall Be Your Companion, Your Provider and… Your Master
Friday, October 12th, 2007I’m going to diverge from the schedule a bit to react to yesterday’s major news.
You’ve probably heard by now that Electronic Arts has purchased Bioware/Pandemic for $855 million.
So many titles suggested themselves for this post. Evil Aempire Eats All and From Beneath You It Devours being two of the least alarmist. I settled on a [...]
It’s a Moot Point
Friday, August 10th, 2007moot
1154, from O.E. gemot “meeting” (especially of freemen, to discuss community affairs or mete justice), from P.Gmc. *ga-motan (cf. O.L.F. muot “encounter,” M.Du. moet, M.H.G. muoz), from collective prefix *ga- + *motan (see meet (v.)). The adj. senses of “debatable” and “not worth considering” arose from moot case, earlier simply moot (n.) “discussion of a [...]
Microsoft, We Want Our Money Back
Monday, July 23rd, 2007The Xbox division posted a 1.9 billion dollar loss due to poorly engineered 360 hardware. This loss is what it took for them to publicly acknowledge what everyone already knew–the 360 has some serious hardware issues, with an estimated one in three failure rate. Microsoft has since been lauded for “doing the right thing” in [...]
Why We Shouldn’t Dismiss Barbie’s Success
Thursday, July 19th, 2007Last night at the Digital Life preview a Mattel rep–who, just to make the conversation extra surreal, actually looked sort of like Barbie–told me that in the first 60 days of its existence, the new online virtual world Barbie Girls has signed up three million members, and they’re adding new ones at the rate of [...]
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