#sony

There is a never-before-seen glut of experienced, highly senior talent just lying around right now, like cuts of meat someone threw out of the fridge to rot on the floor of the restaurant. Game dev teams don't get birthed as fully-formed agglomerations of talent... it takes years for them to come together as effective creative communities and start making material they can be proud of. So we're looking at an industry that's not only hemorrhaging talent, but also hemorrhaging the interpersonal trust and momentum you need to make good games.

Man, Valve really does win by doing absolutely nothing while the rest of the industry shoots itself in the head. I fear for what happens when Gabe Newell retires and the MBA cancer fully infects Valve.

Allows you to download the current firmware for all Sony Xperia-line smartphones, tablets and accessories running Android (except really old ones).

Allows you to download the current firmware for all Sony Xperia-line smartphones, tablets and accessories running Android (except really old ones).

Portable gaming, played primarily on Nintendo DS and Sony PSP devices, has been dominated by these two companies for over two decades. In this model, at retail, consumers pay around $200 for the gaming device and up to $40 for popular game cartridges. Because of the similar form factor, overlap in consumer base (especially younger players on iPod touch) and the casual nature of game content, Flurry combines iOS and Android devices with traditional portable devices to form the category. With the inclusion of smartphone game revenue into the category, shifts taking place in market share become clearer.

"It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette."

"A week and a half ago, Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton made some news for saying that nothing good had come from the internet, period. Plenty of online sites (including ours) took him to task for that, wondering how one gets to be the CEO of a major content company without understanding the internet. Today, Lynton hit back at critics -- not by saying he was quoted out of context or misunderstood, but by standing behind the statement and adding some gems to it as well. Let's take a look..."

I own these, but I keep forgetting what they're called. "With the Sony MDR-EX85LP you can shut out the distractions of the world with your favorite audio. These super-light earbuds give you high performance sound quality and help you enjoy your songs everywhere you go. The premium sound delivered by a 13.5mm driver combines with a soft silicon-rubber compound for great audio and hours of comfortable wearing. The closed acoustic structure blocks out most external noise, for a superior listening experience and the clearest sound reproduction possible. Whether you're going to work or class, walking to the shops or working out at the gym, you'll get stunningly rich sound quality. "

"Just as Microsoft is rolling out open availability of Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) movie streaming through Xbox 360 consoles this morning, Sony is pulling out as one of the few major studios to back Netflix's digital push.Sony has played along, offering up even some of its more recent hits like Superbad, Across the Universe, and Spider-Man 2 through the ambitious Netflix broadband-pitched offering. Well, now it's pulling out, but only on the Xbox. It will still stream online through Netflix's other partners."

"For Sony, there's only one downside: Lair made me even more excited to get my hands on a Nintendo Wii."

This makes me sad: "Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony"

""If you consider the PlayStation 3 a toy, then yes, it is an expensive toy. However, it is more than a toy. It is a PlayStation 3. And it is the only PlayStation 3," he said. "I hope that those who understand this will gladly purchase it.""

"According to the metadata from the MP3s, at least one file comes from a Spanish website called GrupoeMusica, an illegal source of music files if I ever saw one."

"Disappointing sales have slowed the flow of movies on the proprietary Universal Media Disc to a mere trickle."

"After a crazy battle involving everyone from Wonder Woman to Krypto the super dog, you’ll end up in some filthy ally shooting rats with your heat vision."

This seems stupid to me. I wonder just how much in free attention the Aibo bought Sony over the years?

"Sam Hocevar found conclusive evidence that part of XCP’s code was copied from a program called DRMS, which he co-authored with DVD Jon and released under the terms of the GPL open source license."

"What happens when the creators of malware collude with the very companies we hire to protect us from that malware?"

"If I fear that any CD I buy will silently install a bunch of crap on my computer, Apple's DRM doesn't sound quite so bad."

"This component is not malicious and does not compromise security." And this lamprey on your neck sure does mean well.