mendax.org

Crimethink neatly packaged into a parade of horrible images and sounds, such that we can expel our negativity in a more profound manner.

We’re not sure Richard Bartle deserves two posts dedicated to him in a row, but let’s be fair this time around: the man isn’t without good ideas, even if our last post was all about how ridiculous he can sound. After all, even shooting from the hip during an interview, he ought to at least [...]

Popularity: 2% [?]

When Richard Bartle was recently interviewed at Massively, we somewhat hoped he’d redeem himself from the hole he dug before we last commented on him. Bartle, of course, is the man who many consider to be the grandfather of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), as he’s one of the men behind legacy multi-user dungeon [...]

Popularity: 2% [?]

We still don’t quite understand what Sony was thinking when they stopped manufacturing the 60GB PS3. Those blind to PS3 on-goings may have missed the fact that the 60GB PS3 was the flagship PS3 that included four USB ports, slots for a variety of memory card formats, and most importantly, complete backwards compatibility with the [...]

Popularity: 2% [?]

Earlier this week, Apple announced the “iPhone 3G,” which will, as of July 11th, be sold in Apple and AT&T stores instead of the “original” iPhone, which has since ceased production and is now being referred to as the “2G iPhone.” See what they did here?
The “xG” identifier follows the word “iPhone” in one instance, [...]

Popularity: 2% [?]

As we expected, the 3G iPhone was released with much fanfare, but we’re not quite sure why. Sure, a 3G data network and GPS sounds good, but there’s a lot of fine-print that Steve Jobs doesn’t want people to see, especially existing iPhone users.
Let’s state the obvious: push e-mail, the enterprise solution, and all the [...]

Popularity: 4% [?]