Monthly Archives: January 2015

Editorial | Mobile Game Review: SimCity BuildIt

Nearly everyone who played PC games of any kind in the 1990s and early 2000s has played one of the iterations of SimCity.  My first introduction to the game was SimCity 3000, and I spent many happy hours creating multiple cities.  I learned pretty quickly that the key to “winning” that game was just to scrape by, barely making ends meet, until the city was old and populated enough to get a multiplex mall.  After that, the whole thing was a piece of cake.

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A promotional screen shot from EA’s SimCity Buildit website.

Now, EA Games has paired up with Track Twenty to create a mobile version of the game for both IOS and Android devices.  The promo picture reminded me a lot of the promos from the Sim games of my childhood (I was addicted to The Sims as well), so I was pretty excited to try this game out. Continue reading

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Saturday Review: Legendary Star-Lord #8

star lord 1Legendary Star-Lord (Marvel)
Written by Sam Humphries
Art by Freddie Williams and Paco Diaz

Since the release of Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel has been trying to capitalize on its success by releasing several new comic titles that feature Guardians characters. Unlike the very popular Rocket Raccoon, The Legendary Star-Lord has received a far cooler reception and has been middle of the road quality at best. Having said that, I think that issue #8 takes a different tack than previous issues and it pays off. Continue reading

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Winning Science January 23, 2015

As I sit writing Winning Science, I am enjoying a nice, hot cup of coffee. As it turns out, this wonderful cup of joe might just save me from skin cancer. Researchers looked at nearly half a million retirees who were cancer free. They then looked at those who developed melanoma and found that those who drank 4 cups of coffee a day or more had a 20% lower risk of developing melanoma. This information, however, should not drive people’s coffee habits, given that there are other health risks associated with excessive coffee intake.

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Geeks You Should Know: Dan O’Bannon

In general, a person is rarely considered to be influential when they have contributed only a small handful of works to a particular field, especially when those works are not considered to be complete game changers. I would argue, however, that Dan O’Bannon is one of a few people who are very influential on the world of film.

Dan O'Bannon as Sgt. Pinback in Dark Star

Dan O’Bannon as Sgt. Pinback in Dark Star

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