The 10 Meanest Tricks That Games Ever Played on Us | GameLife | Wired.com

9. Karateka Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner’s first game, Karateka, gave us a few glimpses of the designer’s playfulness — and his fondness for hidden traps. One of the first things you learn while playing the game is to always approach enemies in your fighting stance, or else they’ll kill your dumb defenseless ass […]

A Satirical Site Skewers Chávez and Politics

The rise of Chigüire Bipolar, which has already drawn the wrath of state-controlled media here, and a handful of other popular Venezuelan sites focused on politics is taking place within a journalistic atmosphere here that international press groups say is marked increasingly by fear, intimidation and self-censorship. Go, Juani, go! sigue leyendo A Satirical Site Skewers […]

Facebook is Now a Corporate Necessity « HighTalk

There are three million active pages on Facebook and more than 1.5 million local businesses have active Facebook pages, according to Facebook.  But even more impressive is the fact that more than 20 million people become fans of Facebook pages – each and every day! vía Facebook is Now a Corporate Necessity « HighTalk.