Sometimes women’s pants have fake pockets. Is that a mean joke, or are we simply slaves to the sleek and stylish lines of women’s fashion? Is having pockets somehow considered to be too manly? Or are people afraid of what we would put in our pockets were they to be real? I believe the answer […]
Who has not dreamed of a robot butler of their very own? Who could resist a loyal robot whose only desire is to provide you with intoxicating libations after a long day? Well, through the creative application of a built in WiFi network, a peristaltic pump, and a series of food grade tubes, that dream […]
Last week, Amazon’s Publishing Group announced the launch of a seventh imprint, this one specifically for literary fiction including novels, short story collections, and memoirs. The imprint will go by the name Little A, as well as a digital-only version called Day One for individual stories from debut writers. Amazon’s new imprint follows in the […]
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been sitting at your computer today going “OhmigodOhmigodOhmigod IT’S HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!” “It” being a Veronica Mars movie. And I have to assume you know, because VM is the first Kickstarter to bring in $1 million dollars in a short four hours. Go! Donate! I’ve been waiting six years to find […]
Shadowrun may be the most popular geek franchise you’ve never heard of. The game started life in 1989 as a pen-and-paper roleplaying game, and while it never quite achieved the same notoriety outside of nerd circles as its distant cousin Dungeons & Dragons, or even it’s contemporary Vampire: The Masquerade, it’s always been much beloved […]
Hackintoshing: The art of getting a non-Apple product to run Mac OS. It’s something of a pastime of mine. I used to have a Dell Mini 10v loaded with Mac OS 10.6 as my daily driver, and I squealed with joy when I got an ASUS Seashell netbook that wasn’t supposed to work to run. While I […]
Escalation Studios flaunts a new and cartoony player versus player oriented action RPG best described as fun incarnate. Developers within the company have worked on a number of notable titles like Borderlands and Halo (the team’s impressive list sprawls onwards) and now pour their talents into a new project. Escalation Studios’s new title, Eternal Fate, satisfies nostalgic cravings in older gamers; […]
Boy, oh boy, the internet loves Ron Paul. The “I think I can, I think I can” of a GOP presidential candidate never fails to inspire love among his netroots following; and now, Politico reports that an enterprising soul is making an indie video game starring the Texas congressman/presidential candidate/implausibly utopian libertarian idealist. The […]
