by Jason T. Kocher June 27th, 2011 - Culture » Politics » Society »
The Supreme Court of the United States has decided some interesting cases in the last year. Most recently came a decision that overturned a California law banning/fining sales of violent video games to minors, leaving the moral decision of such incidents to families rather than the all-knowing Oz.
Bravo to SCOTUS for making the rational decision in response to the [...]
by Jason T. Kocher March 27th, 2011 - Culture » Video Games »

Saturday Night. Union Square, New York City Best Buy.
Nintendo spontaneously decides to launch their new stereoscopic 3D handheld video game system, 3DS, so that they had an excuse to close down the Best Buy and deny my very urgent need for its public bathroom.
DAMN YOU NINTENDO!
After [...]
by Jason T. Kocher January 15th, 2011 - Culture » Culture » Travel »

Many thanks to Virgin America for lubing up my nerves prior to my recent trip to Las Vegas. I don’t have much airline experience to compare it to, but Richard Branson has loaded up his Airbus A320s with enough technology and nightclub lighting to distract you from the [...]
by Frank Rodriguez September 13th, 2010 - Culture » Film and TV » Society »
I’ve seen Woody Allen‘s Manhattan about a dozen times since I first watched it two years ago. At about the fifth viewing I began to have a dread about watching this damn film again, every time the opening montage began, but this feeling usually subsided by the time Ike Davis said that bit about courage:
“If the four of [...]