Ralph Baer Gone

from The New Yorker Postscript: Ralph Baer, a Video-Game Pioneer BY SIMON PARKIN Year: 1972 Manufacturer: Magnavox Original Cost: US $75 Image from Edge-Online’s amazing History of Video Game Hardware Series Among the many engineers and inventors who purport to...

Shake, Smell & Spritz @ The Cinema

from The New York Times To Lure Young, Movie Theaters Shake, Smell and Spritz By BROOKS BARNES LOS ANGELES — Having tried 3-D films, earsplitting sound systems and even alcohol sales in pursuit of younger moviegoers, some theater chains are now installing undulating...

Kim Dotcom’s Internet Party Coming

from engadget Kim Dotcom will bring the Internet Party to the US in 2015 by Daniel Cooper | @danielwcooper  If, after declaring that he was broke, you thought that Kim Dotcom would go quietly into the night, then you really don’t know him. After a...