November 2011
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7 Life Lessons From the Creation and Cancellation... →
The Starz comedy ‘Party Down’ ended too soon but we can still take these seven life lessons from the folks behind the brilliant show.
December 2010
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November 2010
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October 2010
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Geek Rewind: At 25, Nintendo's NES Is a Glorious... →
Happy Birthday, NES! You’re kind of showing your age…
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GameCrush brings gaming geeks together for 60... →
GameCrush connects gaming geeks for a price. I tried it and managed to scare away a girl. Other than that, it was actually enjoyable.
September 2010
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TechCrunch's Michael Arrington breaks down his... →
Michael Arrington is one of the most successful technology journalists working today, and after reading his Inc interview about his work schedule, you might also say he’s one of the saddest.
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Ouch! Fingernail loss is astronauts' most common... →
Somehow I expected NASA to build a glove that doesn’t mutilate its employees.
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Wikipedia summaries for Xenogears, Final Fantasy...
When I was a young gamer, I remember being thoroughly impressed by Xenogears’ gripping action and dramatic animated scenes even when I was also thoroughly confused by the storyline. Tales of reincarnated dudes, god machines and thousands-year-old government conspiracies aren’t exactly bed-time reading. And Final Fantasy Tactics possibly had an even more convoluted storyline (seriously,...
August 2010
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Sci-fi writer Marc Laidlaw explains how he became... →
My latest article for Game on Mac. Read it!
July 2010
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Independence Weekend in Washington, DC
The fourth of July weekend was my first time in Washington, DC, and I quickly concluded that it is not a city for rat lovers. I’m not one, thank god, but I know they exist. I knew a guy in high school who had several rats in a cage in his bedroom (that’s right, his bedroom) and the cage itself was a massive contraption of wires and plastic like a twisted Ken and Barbie dream house....
June 2010
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The Portal Retrospective: Making our ridiculous... →
Most guys constantly ask themselves how they’ll survive if a life-or-death situation broke out RIGHT NOW. Thankfully, Portal lets us live out that fantasy without, you know, risking death.
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Ever wonder how an iPad game is born? Pitfall!... →
May 2010
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When Kobe loses (knee fluid), the Lakers win
The Lakers are looking pretty good right now. Two nights after knocking the Suns back on their heels with a 128-107 pounding, the Lakers again dominated the Phoenix squad with an efficient 124-111 performance en route to their eighth straight postseason victory.
Although the Lakers have amassed an impressive 10-2 playoff record so far, you’d be forgiven for not believing that this coolly...
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Did you know: The Kristen Wiig edition
Before she was a SNL player with a rapidly growing movie resume (which includes the upcoming MacGruber), Kristen Wiig played marriage counselor Dr. Pat “The Quack” Lane on Spike TV’s reality program parody The Joe Schmo Show. Now you know.
April 2010
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How one developer makes videogames from the... →
When audio engineer Jens Nilsson needs to create sound effects for a computer game, he goes to the bathroom. Unconventional? Certainly. Unsanitary? Actually, no, because the tub, air vents and light bulbs in Nilsson’s bathroom have proved to be the perfect instruments for making the creepy sounds in the cult horror Penumbra trilogy.
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Reviewers give iBooks high marks despite complete...
The iBooks application is exclusively for the iPad, which doesn’t go on sale until Saturday morning. For some reason, the inability to actually see or use the application hasn’t stopped more than 100 people from weighing in on the application’s merits, or the merits of the people weighing in on the application’s merits. Sound strange? It is.
We’ve seen this kind of...
March 2010
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Tending to FarmVille Gets Bulgarian Councilman... →
Dude got put out to pasture.
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The Impossible Bloomberg Makeover →
Simplifying the interface of the terminal would not be accepted by most users because, as ethnographic studies show, they take pride on manipulating Bloomberg’s current “complex” interface.
I’ve used it. It sucks.
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My proof that an iPhone app site lied about...
I wrote this editorial piece for MacDirectory.com in response to this Wired article.
iPhone app site lies about trading reviews for cash - and I can prove it
by Matt Marquez
Apple’s iPhone App Store is filled to bursting with more than 150,000 apps so it’s no surprise that review sites have sprung up to help the overwhelmed masses choose their next download. And as Wired pointed...
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Fox staffers say Beck's comments taint their work" →
“By calling President Obama a racist and branding progressivism a ‘cancer,’ Beck has achieved a lightning-rod status that is unusual even for the network owned by Rupert Murdoch. And that, in turn, has complicated the channel’s efforts to neutralize White House criticism that Fox is not really a news organization.” - WaPo’s Howard Kurtz
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Simple desktops for cluttered lives →
Can you guess which one I’m using? :D
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Everything you wanted to know about turbulence but... →
“During a wind-whipped approach, the frightened passenger is liable to imagine the pilots in a sweaty lather: the captain barking orders as the ship lists from one side to another, hands tight on the wheel. Nothing could be further from the truth.”
And part two
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Berkshire Hathaway annual report →
jesseadelman:
great writing is great writing.
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HBO Gives Greenlight to Game of Thrones →
This happens just days after I pick up a used copy to re-read. Coincidence? I think not. You’re welcome, fantasy fans.
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The more I use Tumblr the more I'm convinced it...
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WatchThis story reminds me of a good friend of mine from college who is blind and has a prosthetic leg but is one of the strongest – mentally and physically – individuals I know. Very good guy, just like the folks involved here.
gamefreaksnz:
Three Guys Create 100,000 Keystroke Move-By-Move Script So A Blind Gamer Can Beat Ocarina Of Time - Geekologie
Jordan Verner is blind. And he posted a few...
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Children's 'Kwedit' game featured on The Colbert... →
There’s a short story by sci-fi author Philip K. Dick that tells how an alien race designs a game for Earth children that conditions them to make disastrous financial decisions. Turns out we can create games to mess up our children’s fiscal sense just fine on our own.
But can somebody remind me the name of the story?
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The best Mass Effect 2 quotes (SPOILERS)
Mass Effect 2 is a video game masterpiece with thrilling gunfights and superb graphics, but its pitch-perfect dialogue may be its best feature. For your reading pleasure I now present some of the best quotes from the game, organized by character. If you notice a worthy quote that’s absent from my list (or you spot an error), leave a comment or email it to me at matt.marquez[at]gmail.com and...
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Why cyber criminals want your Twitter account
Another week, another Twitter scam. After being targeted in the latest round of this never-ending barrage of Twitter attacks, I had to look into why anybody in their right mind wants to hack into my Twitter account and all 130 of my measly followers (though I love you all!).
Turns out that our Twitter handles are merely stepping stones to a bigger payoff. Security experts from the Kaspersky Lab...
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Permanent travelers
Think about all the stuff in your life – the apartment, the furniture, the clothes, the books, the gadgets, the toys. Now imagine tossing out everything that doesn’t fit into a large backpack. It sounds almost like a nightmare, doesn’t it? But for some people, living out of a bag and with no permanent address is a dream come true. I call these people permanent travelers.
Pius Lee was...
February 2010
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Reliving Venice's Carnival shot by shot
My eight days in Venice disappeared absurdly fast but I was able to meet some very cool people, snap some great pictures and contract a burning desire to return for next year’s Carnival. I know New York City isn’t exactly a slouch when it comes to the great cities of the world, but the Carnival celebration transforms Venice from a special place into something out of a Disney movie, and...
January 2010
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December 2009
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October 2009
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Down :(
Currently offline while some technical issues get worked out (read: Internet is wonky).
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