Tourists Take Selfies During Sydney Seige
By now you've all probably heard about the terrifying hostage situation in Sydney, Australia, as an armed gunman captured customers and staff in a Lindt cafe. The situation has attracted large crowds and some have been spotted taking selfies.
Rant: UMD Passport? I don't want to pay for my games again!
The somewhat thorny issue of backwards compatability on the PS Vita has been solved. Users now have the opportunity to download their old games via a UMD passport, offering the titles you already have at discounted prices off the Playstation Store.
Editorial: Spotify is not winning with Facebook Open Graph
So Facebook released it's first batch of early results for the Open Graph integration into social music apps. While the numbers maybe positive (I pick on Spotify because they are absolutely crushing the competition in terms of numbers, probably because users are forced to login with Facebook), this is merely a quantitative result, whereas more qualitative data (meaning my opinion) would beg to differ.
Editorial: Shut up Michael Pachter. Nobody cares and you're wrong anyway.
For those uninitiated, Michael Pachter is a high profile gaming research analyst who provides opinions and predictions as to how the video game market will metaphorically swell and fade.
I have nothing against the man himself, I think his Twitter argument with Jamie Kennedy was hilarious. There is, however, one issue. Built upon the foundations of a business M.B.A and years of credibility gaining with Forbes, what you find is someone who has managed to make a worthwhile living through either stating the obvious or being wrong.