Archive for December, 2010

Swipegood, Swipe It Real Good

This morning I walked into Coral Tree Cafe in Brentwood, California about 7 minutes late for my meeting with a…

Mobile Year in Review [Video]

There is no doubt that 2010 was the year of the App. Mobile phones are transforming the way people work…

TIME Person of the Year

Time magazine has named Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg its “Person of the Year” for “creating a new system of exchanging…

Now Google Shits for You!

There is literally an app for everything and many believe that Google is actually taking over the world by creating…

Japanese publishers accuse Apple of selling pirated Japan novels online

In Tokyo, Japan, publishers demanded on Tuesday that Apple stop selling pirated digital copies of novels by Japanese authors, including…

Microsoft to Launch iPad competitor at CES

The New York Times has reported that Microsoft– under pressure to produce a slate that can compete with the hugely…

Super Mario turns 25!

Nintendo has released the “Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition” package, a compilation of four Mario games and a soundtrack CD…

2010 Spike Video Games Awards Retro Diary

Did you know that each December, Spike TV hosts a Video Games Awards show?

No? Well I wouldn’t blame you. I’ve been mortified by the show each year by the sheer amount of pure awkwardness crammed into a two hour time period. It’s a delicious blend of Hollywood celebrities who are clearly paid an appearance fee to read poorly written joke lines and games developers who are thrust into an environment where they have to act like celebrities.