Prey Single-Player from 1UP.com

Seeded on Thu Feb 2, 2006 11:39 AM EST (1up.com)

The up and coming Doom3engine based game gets a preview up at 1up.com (one of the few decent sites left out there).

entertainment, games, prey

The Socratic Method

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:24 AM EST (garlikov.com)

This teaching experiment and the article that follows it gives a great insight into the Socratic method of asking people questions to teach them (instead of just giving them the answers)

education, science, math, teaching

Subway's Jared blames Nintendo for his weight problems

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:18 AM EST (Joystiq)

The headline says it all, but consider this interesting duality. Jared is a Subway spokesperson. Jared says video games made him fat. Subway is buying advertisements in video games.

entertainment, games, video

Video Games Responsible For Everything Bad - Shacknews

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:46 PM EST (CNET News.com)

A subject that comes up quite often, how Video Games are very very bad, is talked about by Chris Remo.

entertainment, games, video-games, shacknews, zombies

Shack Preview: Daxter

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:33 PM EST (CNET News.com)

Chris Remo gives a preview of the new Ready at Dawn game, Daxter.

entertainment, video-games, psp, ces, shacknews

Shack Feature: It Came From CES

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2006 5:52 PM EST (CNET News.com)

Chris Remo lends his words to what he has found at CES. With this trade show dominating tech sections on news sites everywhere, Chris Remo adds his own certain flavor to the equation.

technology, ces, shacknews

Shacknews: Thousands of Accidental BloodRayne Reels Shipped

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2006 5:50 PM EST (CNET News.com)

Chris Remo once again gets the scoop. A computer glitch sent out Uwe Boll's latest movie out to 5,500 some extra theatres...

entertainment, movies, shacknews, uwe-boll, ultrastar-cinemas

A very optimistic outlook on Google's stock future

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2006 5:47 AM EST (TheStreet.com)

I like Google. The odds are you like Google as well. A company that has a goal that is simple: Do no evil. Well, some people seem to think that doing no evil is big money.

google, technology, business, stocks

Barbie Accused of Being Part of the Transgender Movement

Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2006 5:09 PM EST (ABC News)

According to ISNA, 1 in1500 to 1 in 2000 births result in some form of ambiguous genitalia. So, about .2% has sexuality identity issues at birth. From there, gender determination issues are bound to grow.

mattel, odd-news, barbie, gender, transgender, religious-right, homophobia, cwa, anti-gay

Chiefs, Edwards agree to four-year deal

Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2006 4:55 PM EST (ESPN.com)

Once again Carl Peterson works the NFL buddy system. I have yet to hear a single person think that this is a good pick up.

nfl, sports, chiefs, kansas-city

Inside Nintendo (BBC) - Google Video

Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2006 4:40 PM EST (Google)

Although this BBC3 report has a bit of fluff and in some ways tries to reach too hard to be hip and poppy, it still has a lot of good information on the Amazing company. Although the reporter seemed a bit like an amateur, it is still quite an interesting story.

technology, games, video, nintendo