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Raj Patel on Sep 6th, 2011 |
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Driver San Francisco is an interesting game. Its at once nostalgic and novel. It comes from a franchise of Driver games but it really shakes things up enough that it may as well be an original title. What could have been a banal driving mission game has really done something new and interesting to make it worth your attention.
The game starts off with an explosive cinematic sequence. You should get used to these as...
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Raj Patel on May 18th, 2010 |
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In a world where Michael Bay has an unlimited budget and a reality-TV show of his own, he might come up with something like Split/Second from Disney Interactive Studios, developed by Black Rock Studio. Indeed that’s loosely the premise of the game. You are a contestant on a television show in which you race against other drivers on a sacrificial race track which is one part urban recreation and two parts...
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Raj Patel on Nov 9th, 2009 |
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Pure Digital Technologies Inc. isn’t the most well known of brands. Ask people what they make and most wouldn’t know but show them a Flip Video camera and they’re instantly interested. Its quite a nice lineup of products they’ve got with a very focused direction; simplicity in photography. The Flip Video series has been tremendously well received by bloggers and social media aficionados but...
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Raj Patel on Sep 3rd, 2009 |
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Anthony Bourdain, snarky, lovable, and articulate man-about-town is used to talking about food, drink, and the culture surrounding them. He’s not known for being politically correct or mainstream and doesn’t tend to make a secret of his opinions. His cander and wit have propelled him into our hearts as he picked on food television and the restaraunt industry, cutting it down to size and teaching it some...
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Raj Patel on Sep 16th, 2008 |
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The BBC and English television in general has a knack for providing us with some great documentaries. There is a new one worth checking out for all you information visualization fans called Britain from Above. It’s basically all about visualizing geographic information from an overhead (orbital style) view, revealing traffic patterns and other trends layered over Great...