Bits & Pixels — TL:DR Edition 5 RIP Saturo Iwata, porn before enlightment and how EA lost its soul
#RIPSatoruIwata
- The president of Nintendo died unexpectedly on July 11, 2015. Not only was Satoru an confessed gamer and game programmer in his own right, he was a visionary that bucked established gaming conventions, not once but twice, first with the handheld DS and then again with his blue ocean strategy (the idea that gamers come from all walks of life) with the Wii.
1. I’m all about that content boss
- When it comes to our search habits, porn (usually occurring between midnight and 2AM) precedes enlightenment (usually at 3AM). Find out a great more insight into the average google-user habits in this great NYTimes article
2. Tech Roundup
- It’s now just a matter of time until we see the end of the Flash plugin. While Steve Jobs famously complained about Flash’s performance (a key reason iOS doesn’t support it), many today are calling for a final date for flash after it was revealed by the Hacking Team exploit, that a zero-day bug in the player existed and had been exploited. Mozilla is the first browser (and not the last) to block flash content by default.
3. Game Roundup
- How EA lost its soul. This story recounts how an early ethos, treat the video game creatives like superstars, quickly got pushed aside within a new year to make room for the video game juggernaut we know today.
4. Overheard
- “Donald Trump’s rise is great news for Jeb Bush”, say what? But this VOX article has a good point. The more media is captivated by the Donald, the less it’s giving oxygen to other, potentially more dangerous and competitive candidates.
