Baristas always get short-thrift in these discussions, and I blame that on Starbucks. So let me be clear: The drones working at your closest giant corporate coffee chain are not baristas, they're essentially fast food workers who just press a button to make a machine dispense burnt caffeine juice into a paper cup and…

Nailed it.

Actually, most of the Last of Us trailers are cut scenes. If you watch gameplay footage, the difference is pretty obvious.

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Just another example of io9's general lack of professionalism.

That's very strange. The ClassicShell Start Menu comes up instantly for me. I've had very good experiences using ClassicShell, and it is my first recommendation for anyone looking to tweak their UI. However, if that's not working for you and you want a lightweight solution, you can activate the "Links" toolbar on your…

I tried not to install any UI tweaks when I first got Windows 8, to give myself a chance to get used to the Windows 8 way of doing things. After about a week, I just couldn't take it any more. The Start Screen sucks for anything other than your most frequently used apps — and really, those belong pinned to your…

Funny how everyone's always so convinced that ideas that aren't awesome enough to motivate them, are still so awesome that someone else will steal them...

Taken by itself, it was a good episode. The problem is, it was almost a straight rip-off of the movie Chronicle, with lycanthropy in place of telekinesis, a hot white chick in place of the black dude and a considerably less impressive final showdown. If you've seen the movie they're mimicking, this episode seems…

Though your point about WoW is valid, this actually does not apply to all ebook purchases. There are plenty of sites where you pay to download an ebook and get an actual file, typically an EPUB or a PDF, that you can store on your computer, burn a backup to a CD, whatever. However, with the Amazon Kindle, your ebooks…

I love linear stories. That's why I watch a lot of TV and movies. They're awesome.

That makes no sense. On a 1-10 scale, 5 is a neutral rating. Even 6 is a slightly enjoyable game, which makes 7 a good game; maybe with some flaws, but solid overall. I'd probably skip a 6 unless I was really jonesing for something to play, but anything 7 or higher is definitely worth playing.

I wouldn't worry too much about showing your influences; remember, 50 Shades of Gray started out as Twilight fan fic, and all she did was scrape the serial numbers (and vampire teeth) off before publishing.

If that were true, the room would get very, very full of Rory's very quickly.

I'll google friends, co-workers, classmates, potential clients — pretty much anyone whose name I know and I have even a casual curiosity about. The information is at my fingertips. Why would I stay willfully ignorant?

I find it a bit ironic that the author of this piece makes a point at the beginning to distinguish between "sex" (an anatomical term) and "gender" (human behavioral norms), then goes on to confuse them throughout the article. This is most obvious when she claims:

"m387r 34otbjil fwerb 64396" may be difficult to remember, but "My h0vercraf+ i$ full of 33ls!" is easy.

Two questions: Where do you work? And, are they hiring?

Is Sylvia Nelson your maternal aunt or paternal aunt? Because if she is your maternal aunt, it only took me about 5 minutes to find your mother's maiden name.