May 2010

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Move over, Wingdings

If you don’t thinks fonts are cool you obviously haven’t seen the documentary Helvetica, meaning you could be a latent communist. If you have Half-Life 2 installed on your Mac, look in this folder: ~/Documents/Steam Content/your Steam username/half-life-2/hl2/resource/ And you’ll find … Continue reading

Friday, May 28, 2010

Human cost of the iPad

I’m surprised that Foxconn’s practices haven’t been reported more widely; from The Independent: The American electronics giant Apple was investigating damaging allegations last night that Chinese workers making its new iPad device were subjected to such “inhumane” treatment that some … Continue reading

Half-Life 2 Performance: Mac vs PC

It’s that time again: Mac vs PC, the Half-Life 2 series, both covered in mud, wrestling with no t-shirts, all the rude bits…

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Half Life 2 for Mac – 26/05/2010

Valve’s rather clever take on Ridley Scott’s famous Apple ad to announce Half-Life 2 for Mac: 26th April 2010. Game ownership is no longer dictated by platform. Brilliant.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Sith Edition for Mac

Add Star Wars to anything from a USB drive to a coffee mug and I get a little excited. It’s an excitement mixed with a hard learned truth: some Star Wars stuff is shit. So I was surprised by how enthusiastically I … Continue reading