Dire Critic

I swear I had this ready to go earlier. I got distracted. Um. Mining diamonds. My Survey of Interactive professor basically did the worst thing in the world, assigning Minecraft for a term project. Videogames Ahh, privilege. It’s being able to design pre-order items only usable for one type of player and not realize what [...]

We’re doing things a little differently starting this week at ROUS, the full meaning of which will hopefully become clear within a few days. Bear with me! Videogames Ben cops to his latest gaming addiction in this week’s Thwigavib. Hey, at least he’s honest. Luis Levy attempts to trace the origins of the $60 game. [...]

Everyone has changed their Steam password by now, correct? Videogames The source article is behind a login wall, but you can still read Kotaku’s write-up on some interesting Steam sales figures. Eric Schwarz critiques Skyrim‘s PC interface. Via Kill Screen: A Transmedia Manifest. Film Atlus Shrugged DVDs recalled after anti-Objectivist blurb is discovered on the [...]

Happy Birthday, Carl Sagan I know I already put up a birthday post to Carl Sagan, but I was hardly the only one! Phil Plait has his own tribute up, and the Symphony of Science have released a new track in the late, great astronomer’s honor. O Academia Go here, listen to Ben Abraham’s sexy [...]

How can a day be this productive and still result in me getting absolutely nothing done? Videogames Your infographic for the night: the Canadian game industry. Dan Bruno praises the mature new direction of Kotaku and then discovers he jumped the gun. It’s okay Dan, no one can fault you for thinking the best out [...]