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- Disney’s Avatar park will soon feature a giant walking mech suit
- This Game Boy-style iPhone case has one redeeming feature
- Minit is a beautifully crafted love letter to classic games and the art of death
- I’m not sure connected planters will ever succeed
- Facebook has suspended Canadian data firm AggregateIQ
- 9 new trailers you should watch this week
- Half off iPhone X and Galaxy S9, an Amazon devices deal, and more discounts on smart home tech
- Margaret Killjoy’s Danielle Cain books are razor-sharp anarchist urban fantasies
- I miss Windows Phone
| Disney’s Avatar park will soon feature a giant walking mech suit Posted: 07 Apr 2018 02:00 PM PDT  Disney opened its impressive, immersive Pandora: The World of Avatar park last year, allowing visitors to go to go and experience the world of James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar. Disney announced that it's making a rather cool addition to the the park: a towering, walking mech suit that will be piloted by actors. The 12-acre park features its own story set a generation after the film, in a place called the Valley of Mo'ara, where tourists are brought to the planet via a company called Alpha Centauri Expeditions (ACE). They get to explore the planet's ecosystem and even take control of an Avatar to fly a wild Banshee. Now, they'll get to encounter an actor operating the giant robotic suit, known as the Pandora Utility Suit, who will "tell... |
| This Game Boy-style iPhone case has one redeeming feature Posted: 07 Apr 2018 01:00 PM PDT  Last month, we came across a new phone case, which combines the style of a classic Nintendo Game Boy with actual playability. It comes with a handful of classic games like Tetris, Tank, Frogger, and others, and it's certainly aimed at a nostalgic audience. It looks like a classic Game Boy: a D-pad, a pair of A/B buttons, and buttons to turn it on, reset the gameplay, make a selection, and turn the sound on and off. And, of course, it has a square monochrome LCD display that mimics the original Game Boy's screen. The problem is, I can't really figure out what the point of it is, other than to play Tetris. The case is called the Wanle Gamers Console For iPhone, designed for everything between the iPhone 6 and X. I grew up playing a Game... |
| Minit is a beautifully crafted love letter to classic games and the art of death Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:00 PM PDT  The two most vital concepts in most video games are learning and dying. Only by learning can you avoid death, and only through death can you learn. It's a loop that has existed since the earliest days of the medium. By leaning into and toying with that fundamental relationship, indie game Minit achieves something that feels referential and nostalgic and yet unique and exhilarating all at once. The game, out this week on Steam as well as PS4 and Xbox, was created by developers Jan Willem Nijman, the game design half of two-person indie studio Vlambeer, and Kitty Calis, formerly of Horizon Zero Dawn maker Guerilla Games. Like the classics it takes clear inspiration from, including everything from Zelda to Metroid to Dark Souls, Minit helps... |
| I’m not sure connected planters will ever succeed Posted: 07 Apr 2018 11:00 AM PDT  I love all smart, connected planters because I can't keep a living thing alive, but they also seem to keep failing. Parrot attempted a smart pot with its Parrot Pot, which was discontinued. Another company, Edyn, launched with a successful Kickstarter campaign and later a partnership with Home Depot, but it now appears to be struggling. Still, companies want to keep trying to make smart planters. Click & Grow sells a bunch of different indoor planters with timed lights and water reservoirs. Oh, and of course proprietary soil pods for users to plant. Remember this Circuit Breaker Live show? Now, a company called Grow has announced its first product, the Grow Duo. It's a large planter for outdoor use that comes with a companion iOS /... |
| Facebook has suspended Canadian data firm AggregateIQ Posted: 07 Apr 2018 10:00 AM PDT  Weeks after it suspended UK data firm Cambridge Analytica, Facebook has prevented Canadian data firm AggregateIQ from using its platform, according to the National Observer, pending an investigation after it reports connected the two amidst the ongoing privacy scandal that has shaken the social media company. In a statement to the National Observer, a Facebook spokesperson says the company has been suspended from the platform "in light of recent reports that AggregateIQ may be affiliated with SCL and may, as a result, have improperly received (Facebook) user data," while Facebook conducts an investigation. We've reached out to AggregateIQ and Facebook, and will update if we hear back. In March, Cambridge Analytica whistlerblower C... |
| 9 new trailers you should watch this week Posted: 07 Apr 2018 09:00 AM PDT  I'm not a huge fan of Wes Anderson's earlier movies, but I've really enjoyed his last few — and Isle of Dogs was no exception. While I wouldn't say it was among the deeper or more emotional movies I've seen this year, it was a pretty relentlessly fun and joyous experience. But there is still plenty of room for criticism, as has been evident if you've read anything about the film. One thing I found odd was that nearly all the dogs were male, despite having a literal island full of them, and that human gender norms fully translated to its fantasy canine world. Of course, the big question around the movie was how it used Japanese culture to tell a story primarily written by white Americans and starring English-speaking dogs. There have been... |
| Half off iPhone X and Galaxy S9, an Amazon devices deal, and more discounts on smart home tech Posted: 07 Apr 2018 08:00 AM PDT  Spring cleaning is upon us, which means that now is the perfect time for a tech refresh. If your phone is ready for an upgrade, you've got some good options this week. Verizon is taking 50 percent off new phones like the iPhone X and Galaxy S9 when you trade in an eligible phone. If you're looking for an unlocked, mid-priced phone, the Huawei Mate SE is still at its introductory price of $229.99 ($249.99 MSRP) at most retailers including Walmart, B&H, and Newegg. You'll probably want to listen to music while you clean, which means if you don't have a portable speaker it's a good time to pick one up. There are some killer deals running on both speakers and smart home devices right now — the Echo Spot is a little bit of both. The smallest... |
| Margaret Killjoy’s Danielle Cain books are razor-sharp anarchist urban fantasies Posted: 07 Apr 2018 07:00 AM PDT  "Sometimes, you just have to get a knife in your hands and make it clear which way the stabby end is pointing." So begins Margaret Killjoy's novella The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion, the first of a pair of books that introduces a fantastic world of magic in America's decrepit heartland, featuring a band of genderqueer, anarchist demon hunters. The two books are short, sharp, get straight to the point, and present a fantastic world that can be consumed in a single sitting. Some spoilers ahead for the two books. In The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion, Danielle Cain is hitchhiking to the abandoned town of Freedom, Iowa, the last place her friend Clay lived before he killed himself in a hotel room. She's trying to piece together his story... |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:00 AM PDT  I first gave up on Windows Phone back in December 2014. Microsoft's mobile platform was being left behind, and I was tired of not getting access to the apps everyone else was using. It took Microsoft a few years to finally admit Windows Phone is dead, and the company is no longer planning to release any new hardware running its mobile OS or update it with any features. I recently switched on an old Windows Phone to create a silly April Fools' joke about returning to using it as my daily device, and then it hit me: I really miss Windows Phone. Windows Phone debuted in 2010 with Microsoft's Metro design philosophy, and a focus on glancing at your phone for information instead of digging in and out of apps. Two obvious features I miss from... |
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