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The First 13 Minutes of The Order: 1886
For those curious about how The Order: 1886 handles the split between cutscenes and gameplay.
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When Did Music Become a Winner-Take-All Affair?
DJ Pizzo - How Drake Disrupted Kanye
It’s clear that Drake’s intention was not to upstage Kanye West...
That said, Kanye’s next release better be game-changing, or he may have to finally resort to releasing that sex tape. That is, just as long as Kendrick Lamar doesn’t have a secret album
Game
Game Review: Alto's Adventure
Alto’s Adventure is a beautiful, addicting, and challenging endless skier[1] that you should buy…like right now. Seriously, don’t delay, it’s just $1.99.
Okay, how about a slightly deeper dive?
Alto’s Adventure is from Snowmen, the creators of the reminders app Checkmark, and the brand new Shifts app which
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SwiftDoc Is a Great Reference if You're Writing Swift Code
If you are using Swift at all, SwiftDoc is a fantastic site for learning about specific syntax questions you have as you work. The site is simple, but will quickly get you the information you need about any type, protocol. operator, or function in the language. It's also getting updates as Swift grows,
opinion
Apple Doesn't "Get" Fashion, and Maybe That's a Good Thing
Leslie Price wrote this article about how the tech world doesn't understand fashion. It's getting a ton of attention, and it is a well-written piece, but I disagree with plenty of it.
Instead of being released at $350, it would hit stores with a price tag in the thousands. Consumers
music
New Album from Passion Pit Coming in April
Passion Pit holds a special place in my heart. Their debut album, Manners, took me by surprise. I had never heard a song like "Sleepyhead", and "Little Secrets" was simply a joy-explosion. Their sophomore album initially left me disappointed, but it grew on me over time. They make joyous music
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Goodies: February 17
Happy Goodies Tuesday, everyone! It’s a big one this week, so strap in.
New Music:
* José González - Vestiges & Claws
* Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors
* Drake - If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
New Movies
* Inherent Vice
* The Theory of Everything
* 2015 Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films
Telescopic contact lenses are a
Game
Video Game Sales Are Strong...Really Strong
Good news for fan of video games[1], hardware sales of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are 60% higher at this point in their lives than the combined sales of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. 15 months into this generation of gaming, there have been 18.94 million PS4s and 11.33 Xbox
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Stephen Fry is Taking Some Time off From Twitter
Stephen Fry is taking a break from Twitter.
I do not attend at all to Direct Messages. Apologies to those friendly types who leave DMs for me, but I’m afraid they won’t be read. It is simply impossible for me even to look at them, let alone respond to them, and have anything
Game
Knack is $10 on PSN This Weekend, and It's Dark Souls for Kids
This may already be widely known, but Knack is a really hard game! This is a video of the second world from the game where I repeatedly get my ass handed to me.
The game got some lukewarm reviews when it came out back when the PS4 launched, and I would agree that it'
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Huck Gee Makes Some Amazing Looking Toys
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Huck Gee is one of the most active people I follow on everyone's favorite social whipping boy, Ello. He makes some of the coolest looking toys I've ever seen. His website
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Penn and Teller Visualize Why You Should Vaccinate Your Kids
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Maybe iTunes Has Always Been the Perfect TV Model
Like many other forward-thinking techies, I have been thinking about unsubscribing from cable for a long time. Services like Netflix and Hulu are increasingly my go-to places for all my television needs. There are a few things I still a few shows that I can't stream, and I usually buy those
I Can't Have it All! (or Why My Podcast is Taking a Break)
You know that feeling when you just know that you're onto something big? That feeling when you know that you can accomplish something you didn't think you ever could before? That's where I am right now and I'm psyched!
The above picture is of my desk-side
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Goodies: February 10
New video from Hot Chip. Their new album comes out May 18.
Shawn Blanc has a new book called The Power of a Focused Life, which looks very good. Watch the trailer on the page to get pumped and get shit done today.
If you still use a screensaver on your Mac, SAVER SCREENSSON might
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TUAW Editors Return to the Web with Apple World Today
Steve Sande, Dave Caolo, and Kelly Hodgkins are back to writing about the world of Apple at Apple World Today. The trio used to work at TUAW which was shut down last week. If I'm being totally honest, I had stopped following the site a couple years ago. I thought they had lost
Game
Bravery Second Gets Official Artwork and Title
I never got into the first Bravely game, but I've always loved the artwork for the series. This makes me want to buy a 3DS all over again and try it out.
via raven777 on NeoGAF
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Sling TV adds AMC to It's Lineup
Dish announced that they are adding AMC to their Sling TV service "Soon".
Dish’s Sling TV, the low-cost cable-TV-on-the-Web experiment, just got a little more interesting: The service is adding the AMC network, the channel that delivers cable hits like “Mad Men” and the “Walking Dead.”
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