2011-05-24

As a proponent of public shaming when someone is just plain an idiot, I want to share the story of a young man named Cody Eller who intentionally ran a motorcyclist off the road, severely injuring the rider. “I wasn’t going to let him pass me” is all the 18-year-old had to say to police officers to justify almost killing the fellow motorist in...

2011-05-18

Consider this part preview of the upcoming Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (ORC) and part rant. Let’s hit the simple facts before moving to the editorial dismay, shall we? Alright, so Capcom and Slant Six Games (mainly known for their SOCOM titles for the PSP) are developing a new Resident Evil title. The twist is gamers return to the Raccoon City...

2011-05-07

In case any LastPass users haven’t already become aware, LastPass experienced a “traffic anomaly” recently that they reacted defensively to, immediately calling on all users to change their Master Password. This sounds bad; but what’s this mean? How do we all go about re-securing our LastPass accounts? Without going deeply into details,...

2011-05-06

I’ve noticed a trend lately where companies are trying to come up with more “creative” ways to let gamers enter contests; primarily by, you guessed it, playing the game. Now, this isn’t a terrible idea at first. Give free access to a game, or maybe a demo, and reward players for reaching arbitrary milestones. Take for example Utopia...