Monthly Archives: April 2014
Heroes: Amazon.com Dethroned
Oh, Amazon. Why must lovers quarrel? This is a terrific example of the limitations of good-will. Starting in April, Amazon.com raised the price of its Prime membership program by $20 per year. The news may have made some grit their teeth and reevaluate renewing their subscription, but many others like myself took the news in stride, considering […]
Tape Talk: Wings of Desire (1987)
Per Netflix’s 4-star recommendation, I sat down and spent a couple of hours with the Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire. Oh, Netflix, you rarely disappoint me so. Three things that I love: long, slow, absurdist movies. In that context, Netflix had the best intentions in recommending this tape to me as it fits all three […]
Guild Wars 2: Cash Shop “Refunds”
Fair warning: game-speak ahead. After the recent Guild Wars 2 update (2014-04-15) I logged into my account to grab the free “transmutation charges” they were giving away and to see how badly they had broken the trait system (hint: badly was the correct expectation). I quickly noticed that the arguably worthless town clothes costumes I had purchased had disappeared, […]