Games maker Ubisoft drew global ire when it announced that all its new titles, starting with Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin's Creed 2, would henceforth be crippled with a DRM that would kick you off the game and wipe out your play if your Internet ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/04/2010 - 23:11 - 0 comments

Some (OK, two) of my friends have written me to suggest that, since I mentioned in my intro guestblogging post that I'm working on a novel, I should include some small pieces of that novel-in-progress/disarray here. I'm a bit nervous about this, ...

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Megan sez, "A German gamer-geek couple created and designed this 8-bit video game (a la Mario Bros) to be their wedding invitations. Their guests have to win the game to get the wedding info." God damn , that is an auspicious ...

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--> (Disney, Disneyland Park, Entertainment, Fantasyland, Florida, happymutants, image, Magic Kingdom, Other, Technology, Tokyo ...

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Not having seen him in action since the Nickelodeon days back in the 80s, I'd almost forgotten how well Don "Mr. Wizard" Herbert did the job of communicating science. A radio actor and documentary producer, Herbert created the ...

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French video prankster Rémi Gaillard is at it again, with this NSFW video that will delight furries, tickle vegans, and confuse many a macho-man. RABBIT VS HUNTER (REMI GAILLARD) --> ...

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There have been a series of lawsuits over the past decade or so concerning newspapers and magazines republishing old content that was created by freelancers in digital format. Basically, the publications had freelancers create content for publication. ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/03/2010 - 00:23 - 0 comments

For a while now Comedy Central's two most popular shows, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report have been available for streaming online on both Hulu and on the Comedy Central websites for each program. I'd always wondered why ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/02/2010 - 20:19 - 0 comments

Inspiration can strike at strange times, and you don't always want to go hunting for a pen and paper to capture your idea. DIY weblog Instructables has you covered with this easy-to-build chalkboard table. The instructions don't require any ...

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If you haven't read the epic Equire interview, go do that before reading the rest of this post. Famed film critic and all-around awesome human being Roger Ebert has not been able to speak for four years, since undergoing ...

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