Tag: Tech Column

Well, dear readers, like the ill-fated Michael Jackson tour, this is it. This column represents the last time that I, as a student of Pomona College, will be allowed to print 800 words of video game commentary for your reading pleasure. It has been a pleasure. Now, with the sentimental

What makes a game go viral? This is a question that has nagged me since the birth of the smartphone as a gaming platform. Since the beginning of the App Store’s ascension to power, the games that have become successful in the mobile phone arena seem to be those that

These past couple of weeks, I’ve heard familiar sounds echoing through the great halls of our august college campus. They bring back memories of long school bus rides, monochrome screens, link cables, and heart-pounding battles. In case you hadn’t guessed, I’m referring to the dulcet tones of people playing classic

If there’s one thing I know, it’s that I’m a gadget nerd. I love having the latest tech toys, and I’m a showoff to boot. So, when I was offered the opportunity to buy a Google Glass, I began frothing at the mouth.  As far as gadgets go, there’s literally

Many of you are probably aware that it was a very busy Christmas season in the retail markets. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One both launched in November, early enough for Sony and Microsoft to expect great things for their sales figures.  While those figures each exceeded, in a month,

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I think Andy Williams might have been a little overly optimistic in his outlook on the holiday season, where Christmas, (C)han(n)uka(h), and Kwanzaa all descend upon us in a feeble attempt to recapture the splendor of the Roman festival of Saturnalia. Regardless,

With all the gadgets that have flowed into my life in recent weeks, I feel like it’s been a long time since I wrote about my real favorite subject, video games. This is a travesty, since so much has happened in the gaming world over the past couple of months: The

Does anyone remember encountering the television show Get Smart, or am I the only one? It was a comedy spy show from the mid-1960s revolving around bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart on a mission to protect the United States from foreign espionage. The running gag was always concealed telephones: telephone in

When I sat down this evening to write my column, I had presumed that I would write a review of my new smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. How could I not? My praise for this new phone of mine would undoubtedly exceed the greatest paean any marketing executive could

When you buy something, is it yours? Don’t dismiss that question as a facile, rhetorical question. I want you to really think about it for a second. Do you own everything that you have bought outright? I’d imagine the no-duh, knee-jerk response to that question would be yes. Admit it,