Lawrence Bonk runs the weekly gaming and tech column for Metro Newspapers. He is also a contributor to CBS.com, Gamepro, and Bestcovery.com. His areas of expertise include video games, gadgets and other expensive hobbies. He plays music on his off time, and has been featured in Vice, Village Voice and elsewhere.
It is officially fall. Leaves are on the ground. Sweaters have left their moth-filled closets. Pumpkins have begun to sneak into just about, well, everything. The coolest part about Summer going the way of the dodo? Video games! Fall and winter, aka the holiday season, are when the...
If reports are to be believed, the iPhone 5 will be officially announced at an Apple event on September 12th. To celebrate the end of an era, we are shining a spotlight on the best and brightest apps and games that were released during the iPhone 4s' lifespan. It was...
Do you hear that? It is the collective groan of millions upon millions of young people. Those pitiful moans can only mean one thing, school is about to start. As our nation's youth head back to their esteemed establishments of higher learning, it is time to reflect on what kind...
Google's first tablet is here! The Nexus 7 may very well be the first real competitor to Apple's mighty iPad. It's cheap, clocking in at just $200 for the 8GB model, and it oozes 'Google magic' with every use. It blows the functionality of similarly priced competitors out...
There's a new Will Smith movie in the multiplex, your television is a barren wasteland and, oh yeah, it's hot out. These portents can only mean one thing: Summer has begun in earnest.
Since his inception in the Don Draper-infused early 60s, Spider-Man has been a linchpin of popular culture. No facet of media has remained unscathed in the face of his constant webbing. Comics? Movies? Broadway? You name it and that good ole webhead has done it. Now that he's back in...
Well, Nintendo used E3 to once again lift the veil off of its forthcoming next gen console, the Wii U. The reaction from the game-o-sphere? Some anger, some confusion and maybe a burp or two. As it stands, this...
With YouTube just entering the fray by offering 3,000 more movies for rent, the Internet on-demand video market is more crowded than ever. It can be a confusing mess sometimes. That's where we come in. We went through the horrible, awful trouble of laying around in bed for...
After weeks of speculation, Nintendo formally announced the imminent release of a follow-up to their massively successful Wii video game console. The unnamed console will drop in the first half of 2012. The systems specs and "hook" are locked in a vault somewhere in the Mushroom Kingdom. None...
When you think of companies like Motorola, Nintendo and Apple you think of the kind of success that makes Scrooge McDuck want to take a swim in some money. However, even these venerable institutions have had some notable misfires. As a matter of fact, for every super successful gadget out...
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