A Cincinnati video surveillance company is requiring its employees to get an impanted RFID tag under their skin if they want to utilize the company’s datacenter. For those who don’t know, RFID tags are tiny, rice-sized microchips which contain specific information which can then be read from a few inches away by a radio transciever.
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Player killed the Videogame Star, Part 2
With the second installment of my commentary on games and the players that ruin them, I will address board and other tabletop games, continuing from the first part which addressed videogames and how players online can completely hinder an otherwise amazing game. At the tabletop, this becomes a much more personal issue, as you can […]
Texas Hold-Em: Laying Down a Big Hand
Phil Hellmuth, arrogant as he is, happens to be one of my favorite Texas Hold-Em poker players. Many of you that are familiar with the game and watch it on television will also be familiar with Phil. One of his favorite sayings is “I can dodge bullets baby!” So what does Phil mean when he […]
Katamari Damacy: The Movie?
Close on the heels of such classics as Super Mario Bros. the movie, Mortal Kombat, and Tomb Raider are the next generation of Video game movie adaptations. It has always been a shady business, that of bringing gamers’ favorite characters and playthings to the live action film screen, but is Hollywood getting better at it?
Please Choose your Race.
There is a rather humorous image accompanying this article: Racism in WoW This goes along with my article about players killing the spirit of gaming, but this sheds light on both sides of the argument. The largest problem with this article is, however, that most Chinese people play on certain servers where there are larger […]
Texas Hold-Em: Respect the Raise!
Alright loyal readers, it is time for my second article on Texas Hold-Em. I am sure that many of you have patiently waited for more poker advice and analysis from your fellow poker amateur, and so I will deliver that commentary to you now. The topic of discussion… the raise. First of all, I need […]
Player killed the Videogame Star, Part 1
There is an odd trend amongst gaming and gaming groups that relates directly to the quality of the players. Game players as a people, often deemed such reverent titles as “nerd” and “dork”, are known for their quirkiness and general lack of a full range of social skills. It’s true. That’s why we spend our […]
Support Mash-Ups and your right to remix: American Edit
As reported on previously, a great online “mash-up” (what we used to call more generally as a “remix”) of Green Day’s American Idiot album was released for free, but then Warners decided that for whatever reason this was bad to help promote an album (or albums, if you count the stuff it is mashed up […]
Do Not Go 360 degrees of X-Box Crazy
My good friends over at IGN have published an article that is worth reading before you spend your money on a Microsoft X-Box 360. While it is true that Sony has many problems that do not complement a company that needs a strong consumer base, their saving grace will still be the Playstation game system. […]
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