Telecom giants AT&T and Deutsche Telecom have concluded an agreement for AT&T to acquire T-Mobile USA. Of course, the sale has the small matter of a $39 billion pricetag, but hey, details, right? After all, this means that the combined AT&T/T-Mobile customer base will include 130 million people. (That’s around $300 per person. Nice to
Dragon Age: Origins was about saving Thedas. Dragon Age 2 is about living in it. For all its attempts at grit and moral ambiguity, Origins was a fairly conventional fantasy narrative beneath a patina of grime and blood. Though it took place in an unusually bleak setting, the narrative goal was fairly conventional: save the
Fans of Daft Punk anticipating the upcoming Tron Legacy Reconfigured remix album can now find remix samples of several tracks from the album on the official site. The interface is clever, but a little finicky. Once the site’s loaded and opened, type “theglitchmob”, “m83”, “bbd”, or “kitheory” – not in any text box, just with
Customers who pre-order Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood for OnLive are eligible for free upgrades to the Deluxe Edition, along with a chance to win an OnLive Game System and a 47-inch television. Two lucky Grand Prize winners will win a frankly luxurious 47-inch VIZIO XVT Full 3D HDTV, with Full Array TrueLED backlighting and VIZIO internet
Everybody knows the stereotypes about female gamers, even if most intelligent folk don’t take them seriously anymore. All the same, LA Weekly blog author Kristina Benson has written up a rather fine deconstruction of some of the most enduring and pervasive sexist cliches about female gamers. It’s well worth a look, even if just to
With nine days to go before the iPad 2’s launch, developers Booq and Scosche Industries are already publicizing a host of peripherals aimed at the upcoming product. Booq’s Booqpad looks ideal for anyone using their iPad as a traveling computer, such as us reporting types. It’s basically a more elaborate iPad 2 folding case, crossed
After a long hiatus it’s once again time to don our Pontification Hats, dear readers! For those of you just joining us, when the stars are right we take a look at a fairly ubiquitous gaming trope (a narrative or mechanical storytelling device used with enough frequency to form a recognizable pattern) and discuss how
One of the great things about the Internet Age is its new and manifold ways to embarass yourself. A few moment’s inattention can be handily immortalized in moments. Take this latest affair with Sony’s fictional VP-of-everything Kevin Butler. His official twitter seems to have accidentally retweeted the PS3’s USB Dongle ID generation key in response
Licensed Apple accessory manufacturer iKit announced its NuCharge iPhone 4 case today, available in a black finish for $64.95. The NuCharge features an integrated battery with 1400 mAh of power with an on/off switch to preserve battery life and a blue LED to indicate battery life. iKit expects the NuCharge to double an iPhone 4’s