video games, music, internet pop culture
I’m going to be honest with you. I’m a gadget freak. My friends know this. My colleagues know this. I know this. For example, I am one of the assholes who has bought all three Nintendo DS SKU’s on consecutive launch dates. That’s right, despite owning perfectly functional DS phat and lites, I’ve [...]
I just got an email from Goldstar Events telling me that I could have “comped” tickets to a KT Tunstall show at the Wiltern in LA, presumably because no one bought tickets to the show.
The sad thing is, the Wiltern is only about a mid-sized theater venue, seating roughly 2,500 people. It’s not as if [...]
It looks like Bob Lefsetz’s favorite P2P software solution has decided to go legit. Limewire has opened up a digital music store with a virtually no differentiation from the other music solutions out there. They’re selling tracks a la carte for $0.99 while also offering eMusic-like monthly plans consisting of 25 tracks for $9.99 and [...]
Today’s Penny-Arcade post had me guffawing at the sheer ridiculousness of some of our public servants. It looks like a local Texas county District Attorney is under investigation for using taxpayer money to build what can only be described as an “uber-l33t” gaming computer for use as a “backup” server.
The computer – equipped with two [...]
Saw over on Kotaku that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick may have let it slip out that a future iteration of his beloved hit franchise, Guitar Hero, would be a Van Halen-centric affair much like the recently announced Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. I’ve already been over this with Bob Lefsetz, but it bears repeating again:
ACTIVISION, PLEASE STOP [...]
In a move that even our British internet video friend would not accept, the RIAA is now claiming that MP3s that you have ripped from CDs you have purchased are unauthorized copies. That’s right, the very existence of digital music in the-file-format-which-must-not-be-named is an affront to all that is lawful and just. [...]