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Square Enix: A Tale Of Two Gaming Cultures
When Mike Fischer took the reins of the U.S. subsidiary of Square Enix in 2010, the Japanese developer of Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, and Dragon Quest had just merged with Britain’s Eidos, creator of Tomb Raider, Hitman, and Deus Ex...
Netflix Brings Back DVD-Only Subscriptions
Netflix's DVD-only subscription plan is back, available now for $8...
Biff 2012 | Foxy lady
In her memoir, Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, Pam Grier shares a life of love and tragedy and success and heartbreak. She describes her life living in Denver, London and California. She writes about her entry into the world of Hollywood and the experience of working on...
Biff 2012 | The life of an indie animator
Bill Plympton is a cheater. He admits it freely. He even brings up the fact without being asked. Bill Plympton is a cheater because he doesn’t draw an animation for every frame of a movie, but rather for every three frames...
Biff 2012 | Grand on a glacial scale
"Most of the time, art and science stare at each other across a gulf of mutual incomprehension,” photographer James Balog says in his 2009 Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) talk. “Art, of course, looks at the world through the psyche, the emotions —even the ...
Biff 2012 | Out-guruing the gurus
The son of Indian immigrants, Vikram Gandhi’s relationship with faith is fairly typical for someone with his upbringing. His parents raised him in Hindu traditions, but the religious rituals he became immersed in served more as a reminder of his familial history than...
Female Dems walk out of contraception hearing
Two female Democrats walked out of a House oversight committee...
Capturing Rainwater from Rooftops Can Alleviate Nation’s Water Woes
As America’s expanding urban areas struggle with major water supply...
With Mountain Lion, Apple brings iOS and OS X a big...
There's a good reason that people use the word "ecosystem" when discussing Apple products...
Are Super PACs Actually Leveling the Campaign Playing Field?
Following a now familiar pattern in the GOP nominating contest, Rick...
