Three A.M., a Pot of Coffee, and the Nintendo Switch Reveal
Watched the Nintendo Switch reveal live at 3am and came away more annoyed about battery life, Joy-Con pricing, and the lack of a launch Mario game than the headlines suggest.
Faraday Future's Parking Problem, One Day Later
Faraday Future's flashy CES unveil of the FF 91 was overshadowed by its self-parking demo flopping on stage, and given the company's shaky finances, that felt like more than bad luck.
The Car That Couldn't Park Itself
Faraday Future unveiled its FF91 at CES and the live self-parking demo flopped on stage, which was funnier and more memorable than anything on the spec sheet.
The Great NES Classic Hunt of 2016
Still no NES Classic Edition under the tree after weeks of trying, so a rundown of the shortage, the eBay scalper markups, and why Nintendo's silence on restocks isn't an accident.
Rogue One's Digital Tarkin Problem
Rogue One digitally resurrected Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin, and its an astonishing piece of VFX work that also left me a little unsettled about where this tech is headed.
Ten Dollars, No Lives to Buy: A Weekend With Super Mario Run
A few days in with Super Mario Run: the flat ten dollar price is refreshing, the always-online requirement is baffling, and the download-versus-revenue gap says something about Nintendo-mania post Pokémon GO.
I Paid Ten Bucks for Super Mario Run and I Dont Regret It (Mostly)
Super Mario Run landed on iOS Thursday and the internet immediately lost its mind over the $9.99 price tag. Here's why I paid it anyway, and the one design decision that actually bugs me.
The Pebble On My Wrist Just Became a Fossil
Pebble is folding into Fitbit and my Kickstarter-backed watch is now a dead-end gadget. Some thoughts on backing the wrong horse, twice.
Amazon Go and My Deep Distrust of "Unexpected Item in Bagging Area"
Amazon's new checkout-free store looks incredible in the promo video, but after years of fighting self-checkout machines at my grocery store, Im not ready to believe the demo just yet.
Amazon Go and All Those Cameras Watching You Shop
Amazon's cashier-free Go store looks slick in the promo video, but between the self-checkout machines Ive already hated for years and the jobs its quietly replacing, Im not sold yet.
Still Cant Find an NES Classic
Three stores, zero NES Classics, and a parking-lot scroll through $180 eBay listings. A dispatch from the world's dumbest holiday shopping hunt.
Still Hunting for an NES Classic
A month into the NES Classic shortage and I still don't have one, just a lot of dead-end Best Buy trips and eBay listings pushing $250 for a $60 box.