The Amanda Knox Verdict

My interest in the murder trial of Amanda Knox began not with the news or in the blogosphere, but with a conversation I had with a complete stranger in a London coffee shop. The bespectacled man of approximately twice my years asked in an American accent if I had been following the case of Meredith [...]

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Sex in Video Games

Sex sells. And when it comes to video games in the twenty first century, there’s no better method for shifting units. I can’t be the only who noticed these adverts cropping up on the web recently, can I? In all my hours of diligent research *ahem* I have yet to discover a tangible link between between [...]

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Review: Apple iMac 21.5″

More of a refinement than an evolution, the new Apple iMacs set the bar for what users should expect from a desktop computer. They resolve many, if not all of the complaints users levelled at their predecessors and, if you can afford one, present a near-perfect all-in-one solution. I’ll start out by saying I went with [...]

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The World After Wii

With the recent announcements of Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's wand, Nintendo's rivals are confirmed to enter the perilous realm of motion control gaming in 2010. Can either company steal the big N's thunder? We explain the Wii's success and make our predictions.

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