Maybe I just like to see patterns, but a part of me wonders if it really is a coincidence that the Google Glass finally debuted on a large-scale the year RoboCop and Transcendence arrived in theaters. It sure seems a banner year for examining the human-machine divide. Remember that show on FOX that finished recently—the…
WARNING: Major Game of Thrones spoilers ahead. I never read the books. I started watching the show just before the third season came out. I wasn’t told anything about it beforehand. I wasn’t given all the hype. I just said, “Oh, here’s a show I could start watching on HBO Go.” And then I started…
I’ll be honest, I’ve forgotten how old I was when I first heard of Will Wright’s dream game, Spore. I remember being very young, and very excited. I remember digging through the internet, trying to find every scrap of information I could about the game, watching the full hour long Leipzig demo over and over,…
Back in the day, BioWare was known for bringing original concepts to life in the gaming medium. With titles like Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, MDK2 and Jade Empire, we can see that risks were taken in the old days, and that the company was willing try new things, whether they succeeded or not, so long…
