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Originally posted at NY Videogame Critics Circle In a stunningly revealing announcement last week, Nintendo stated that on August 12 it will reduce the price of its 3DS from $250 to $170. Though it was spun as an event as important as the Royal Wedding in a press release, the news reverberated throughout the game Continue Reading →

Did you watch this week’s final episode of The Bachelorette?  Ashley finally chose the bachelor she wants to spend the rest of her life with…and he chose her too.  Even though the season started back in May and finished in August, the actual events that took place happened over a mere 6 weeks or less.  Continue Reading →

Until recently, the name Airbnb was not something tossed around in the average news cycle or dinner party.  However, since a story recently broke about malicious use of rented property and Airbnb’s apparent woeful management of the crisis, the name is everywhere…and not in a good way. Airbnb describes itself as a company engaged in Continue Reading →

Oprah Winfrey feels your pain, media critics and fans who see the seven-month-old television channel bearing her name falling short. That’s why she starts this month as chief executive officer of OWN, plunging herself and her Harpo Studios crew into turning the fortunes of this channel around this fall and beyond. She’s acknowledged a few Continue Reading →

The Ford Pinto was a crappy car. No doubt about it. The Pinto was introduced in 1970 and sold over 100,000 units by January 1971. Why? The power of mass media 40 years ago you could take any product and sell it to people. You had to throw a lot of media money at it Continue Reading →

Photo courtesy of NYRA, Adam Coglianese Writing this blog has provided me yet another reason to go to the wonderful 143-year-old racetrack near my home in Saratoga Springs, NY. Sports Illustrated described Saratoga’s historic track as one of the world’s greatest sporting venues with an average attendance of more than 20,000 for 40 days each Continue Reading →

It is time to slowly say good-bye to the “job” as it has been known in our lifetime and the lifetime of our parents.  The parents of baby boomers were the first full generation that lived with the general concept of “life-long employment.” Baby boomers left college and stepped on lower rungs of a “career Continue Reading →

Last year, the Business Insider ran a feature titled “100 Things You Should Know About People” that included an article titled “Only Seven Emotions Are Universal.” Those universal emotions are:  Joy Sadness Anger Contempt Surprise Disgust Fear The recent phone hacking scandal involving News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, and his son James have elicited all seven Continue Reading →

According to The Detroit Free Press, the average price of a new car purchased in 2010 in the US was $29,217. That said, I’m fairly certain you can’t buy a brand new Lamborghini for just under $30K. And, if you paid $30,000 for a Hyundai Accent, you were carjacked. Given this information, it’s highly unlikely Continue Reading →

Did you watch this week’s episode of The Bachelorette?  Ashley and the remaining three bachelors escaped to the Fiji Islands, one of the most perfect vacation spots in the world, where Ashley talked repeatedly about just how perfect everything was there.  She even talked about just how perfect each bachelor was for her and just Continue Reading →