Archive for March, 2009
Daily Linksplosion: Monday, March 02, 2009
- Laughing Squid – Video Game Themed Music VideosDoctor Popular compiles a list of some of the Internet’s very finest video game -themed music videos, including that brand new Röyksopp one.
- Technotica at MSNBC – Watch out. The Internet will cut you"A couple of years ago, the hot trendy thing on the Internet was to be a well-versed technology writer of the female persuasion with a tech blog so popular that for some reason unknown to sane people, it inspired commenters to respond with vile and misogynistic threats of sexual violence and imminent death." Why do people on the Internet send death threats to, uh, tech writers? No, really, why?
- CNN – In a recession, tech gadgets become a luxury"Ignoring what you want. Recycling the old. Fixing what can be saved. Is this the new American way when it comes to tech toys and electronics—an industry in which new gadgets can become outdated within months?"
- Popular Mechanics – 5 Oregon Trail-Style Classic Games We Want for the iPhoneWith the iPhone version of SimCity already here and a port of Oregon Trail on its way, my pal Seth names five more classic games he’d like to play on his iPhone. (The last one is a weird one.)
Daily Linksplosion: Saturday, February 28, 2009
- Attract Mode – Animated Pixel Portraits by EnsoThis is ridiculous. That actually looks like Mark DeNardo.
- Edge Online – Why Metacritic Doesn’t Matter"The worst part about these reviews, says Mona Hamilton, SVP of marketing at Capcom, is they are suggestive—and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event."
- The Guardian – Not all in the game: It’s the gaming community’s loss when those who identify themselves as women or minorities are bullied into silence"Why is it so hard just to have a conversation? What are we afraid of?"
