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The New Games Journalism

"Mr. Gerstmann, we saw your 6.0 review of Kane & Lynch." After a less than stellar review of Kane & Lynch, 10 year veteran game reviewer Jeff Gerstmann seems to have been fired from his position at Gamespot due to pressure from Eidos, publisher of Kane & Lynch. This also has been confirmed by a freelancer for Gamespot. Reaction has been massive. K&L is now rated 2.0 by users on Gamespot. Many subscribers are cancelling and there's a move to boycott Gamespot advertisers, which seems to be having some effect.
posted to MetaFilter by ursus_comiter at 6:20 PM on December 2, 2007 (111 comments)

Steampunk Lives

Some 30 billion pounds of steam every year flow beneath the streets of Manhattan from the Battery to 96th Street. While it is unknown to most New Yorkers, Con Edison's subterranean steam system is the biggest steam district in the world, larger than the next four largest U.S. steam systems combined... And it's got a robot. [MI]
posted to MetaFilter by ursus_comiter at 1:22 PM on January 4, 2006 (45 comments)

The Mind Reels

What is the justice department trying to censor in the ACLU's case against the Patriot Act? Anything they feel like, apparantly, including quotes from The Supreme Court. [via boingboing]
posted to MetaFilter by ursus_comiter at 8:55 AM on August 29, 2004 (42 comments)

Damn Right

Who's the teenage supersleuth with the superpowered cell phone who catches all the crooks? Ketai Deka.
posted to MetaFilter by ursus_comiter at 9:47 AM on July 30, 2004 (7 comments)

Mmmm... Jovian Clam Chowdah

From the Sun to Pluto. And beyond lurks the Lobster Nebula...

Aroostook County in Northern Maine has created North America's largest scale model of the Solar System, to be officially unveiled tomorrow (Saturday - June 14, 2003). The model runs along 40 miles of highway with a scale of 1 mile to 1 AU. The project took four years to complete and did not have a budget.
posted to MetaFilter by ursus_comiter at 3:11 PM on June 13, 2003 (10 comments)

SHOOWATCHI!

If you jonesed for a beta capsule as a kid, and crossed your hands to zap monsters with the specium ray while playing outside, then this site is for you. Shoowatchi!
posted to MetaFilter by ursus_comiter at 12:36 PM on February 12, 2003 (15 comments)

Kerguelen: Come for the Cabbage. Stay for the... Urm.

The Kerguelen Islands, you say? This guy wanted to go there. This guy went. Him too. And this poor fellow just wants to be a part of it all. What's the attraction? Though not much may have happened there, there are some stunning views. But I think it's the cabbage.
posted to MetaFilter by ursus_comiter at 8:49 PM on January 28, 2003 (10 comments)

- A visual diary of produce from the Grand Army...

Lovely Pointy Photos - A visual diary of produce from the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket in Brooklyn. Autumn, Summer, Spring, Winter.
posted to MetaFilter by ursus_comiter at 1:03 PM on November 8, 2002 (4 comments)

The 2002 Women's World Series starts today. I...

The 2002 Women's World Series starts today. I have been dreaming of an eternal green field.
posted to MetaFilter by ursus_comiter at 11:09 AM on September 2, 2002 (2 comments)

This summer, I took a trip to the Brattleboro...

This summer, I took a trip to the Brattleboro region of Vermont. Until I picked up Lovecraft's "The Whisperer in Darkness" again this past week, I had not realized that I had just made a trip into Lovecraft Country. [more inside]
posted to MetaFilter by ursus_comiter at 8:08 PM on August 28, 2002 (12 comments)