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BEIJING — Audience members using cellphones bedevil performers and presenters around the world. But in China, theaters and other venues have adopted what they say is an effective — others might say disturbing — solution. Zap them with a laser beam. The approach varies, but the idea is the same. During a performance, ushers equipped…
Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s Sunday morning political talk show, Meet the Press, told The New York Times he will no longer allow Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to call in to the show in lieu of appearing on camera, taking away a media advantage that has been solely granted to Trump thus far this campaign season. Trump has dominated the Sunday morning political…
First, adults stole the idea of colouring books from their children. Now, their enthusiasm is causing a surge in demand for colouring pencils, threatening stocks for all colouring-in fans. Pencil makers are struggling to cope, with Faber-Castell, the world’s largest wood pencil manufacturer, having to run extra shifts at its factories. And it’s not just…
“Tulane Students Demand Hoda Kotb Be Dropped As Commencement Speaker, Claim They ‘Deserve Better’” –John Binder, The Hayride Dear Tulane “Elitist” Petitioners, Congratulations. You’re about to graduate from one of the most respected universities in the United States. You’re following in the footsteps of many proud alumni who hold their alma mater in…
If game critic and video-maker Jim Sterling has a nemesis, it’s game developer Digital Homicide. That name might not sound familiar, as they’re a small studio that has released a couple of games on Steam. But they may soon enter notoriety after this month’s unprecedented actions. On March 16, Digital Homicide formally filed a lawsuit…
How tracking down one of Hollywood’s most-used sound effects led me to ‘The Revenant,’ a sound-effects industry cabal, and a cold case. Without dispute, true crime is stepping out of the shadows. Between last year’s breakout whodunit podcast Serial, the Netflix head-scratcher Making a Murderer, and the FX series The People v. OJ Simpson, millions of…
In Orson Scott Card’s great 1985 strategy novel “Ender’s Game,” a boy named Ender enters a training school where students learn skills for outwitting an opponent. They play computer games that become ever more challenging. The stakes in the training are high because their world is threatened by an alien force, and the aliens are…
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http://www.patreon.com/jimquisitionhttp://www.thejimquisition.comhttp://sharkrobot.com/collections/jim… EDIT: For some reason I say The Witness is $20 in this video, not $40. Every now and then even I make mistakes. No Man’s Sky is retailing for $59.99 and people have some angry concerns over the price tag. That folks are skeptical of the standard rate is good… but they’re skeptical for…
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