Tag Archives: iPad

Apple's beginning to test the limits of their fans

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Parallax Abstraction

Strap in, it’s another Apple post! It’s been a busy week for them so you know I had to get one in. We had the announcements of the iPad Mini, a tablet that’s substantially more expensive than most of its … Continue reading →

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Microsoft's Surface Tablet: The Bungle and the Potential

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Parallax Abstraction

As I sat playing Battlefield 3 and watching Twitter on my other monitor, I was not unexpectedly shaking my head at the barrage of snide jokes from tech “journalists”, essentially pre-judging the tablet announcement everyone knew Microsoft was going to … Continue reading →

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On Gaming's Future: Mobile Reality Check

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Parallax Abstraction

In the last couple of weeks, we’ve had the launch of the iPad 3 and a slew of rumours about what we may see in the next-gen home consoles. As usual, the growing Apple-centric members of the enthusiast press were … Continue reading →

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UPDATED: Mike Daisey Stretched the Truth But There's Still A Problem In China

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Parallax Abstraction

If you’ve been reading the Internet this afternoon you’re probably aware of this already but This American Life has retracted the story Mike Daisey about Apple factory conditions after further fact-checking revealed that some of the more dramatic portions of … Continue reading →

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The Worries of An Apple Led Post-PC World

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Parallax Abstraction

So the iPad 3 was announced yesterday (yes I know it’s just called the iPad but it’s the 3rd one so it’s the iPad 3) and as usual, the press tripped over themselves to give them free PR. The mainstream … Continue reading →

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On Gaming's Future: What does Angry Birds really represent?

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Parallax Abstraction

Chances are if you own a mobile phone, use the Internet or really just breathe oxygen, you’ve heard of Angry Birds. In an massively and increasingly popular mobile game landscape this cutesy puzzle game, originally released in 2009, has taken … Continue reading →

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On the Future of Video Games: Prologue

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Parallax Abstraction

I’ve been thinking about how to start this since before I started Geek Bravado, mostly because I wanted to figure out how to make my point without sounding like an old man who is afraid of change. It was originally … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs, An Amazing One of Many

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Parallax Abstraction

This isn’t going to be a particularly long post because there isn’t a lot more I can say on the passing of Steve Jobs that hasn’t been said everywhere else. To claim that he was a once in a generation … Continue reading →

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Why I'm An Apple "Hate" Maven

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Parallax Abstraction

Apple is a subject you’ll probably hear me talk about fairly often here and is one where my opinions will differ greatly from the mainstream. It’s kind of ironic as my main point of contention is how Apple is talked … Continue reading →

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