Japan’s strangest videogames and the person who finds them – Kill Screen – Videogame Arts & Culture.

All images taken from FM Towns Marty (Header image source) /// We just had a watershed victory with the passing of net neutrality. If the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had brought in laws that allowed companies to regulate and restrict the internet, the entire online landscape would have changed. That this didn’t happen means the…

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Millennials say keeping up with the news is important to them — but good luck getting them to pay for it » Nieman Journalism Lab

Most millennials don’t seek out news on social media, but the vast majority of them get news from social networks once they see it there, according to a report released today by the Media Insight Project, a collaboration between the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Only 47 percent…

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DC Comics Cancels “Batgirl” Joker Variant Cover at Artist’s Request – Comic Book Resources

UPDATE 3/16/2015 10:00 PM PT: Rafael Abuquerque and “Batgirl” co-writer Cameron Stewart have both taken to Twitter to clarify the reference to “threats of violence and harassment” in DC Comics’ statement concerning the cancellation of the “Batgirl” #41 variant cover.   Abuquerque, the artist of the variant cover, wrote, “Ill talk more about it tomorrow…

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16 Surprisingly Simple Self-Defense Techniques | Cracked.com

Home Photoplasty 16 Surprisingly Simple Self-Defense Techniques 16 Surprisingly Simple Self-Defense Techniques Look, we’ll break it to you easy: You don’t have enough awesome James Bond moves in your hand-to-hand combat arsenal. And while we absolutely don’t advise you use these on anyone who isn’t seriously attacking you, we’re hard-pressed to believe that anyone would…

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Top Gear ratings disaster: 4m viewers switch off after Jeremy Clarkson replaced – Telegraph

BBC bosses told Clarkson off for supping a gin and tonic while behind the wheel of a pick-up truck November 2008: Lorry drivers With reference to Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, Clarkson joked on the show about how lorry drivers “murder prostitutes” February 2009: Gordon Brown The then prime minister was dismissed as a “one-eyed…

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New York’s First Micro-Apartments, Prefabricated in Brooklyn – NYTimes.com

Continue reading the main story Slide Show close media-action-overlay close image Assembling Micro-apartments CreditChang W. Lee/The New York Times Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main story Enter neighborhood, city, zip or address Select minimum price Min Price100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 450,000 500,000 550,000 600,000 650,000 700,000 750,000 800,000 850,000…

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