Author Archives: Chris Morris

Happy 40th birthday, Dungeons & Dragons!

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Dungeons Dungeons and Dragons turns 40& Dragons, the tabletop game that introduced fantasy role-playing to most of the world, turns the big four-oh this weekend — and it’s showing no signs of slowing down.

While D&D is almost a recurring character on some prime time TV shows these days (hat tip to you, producers of “The Big Bang Theory”), it spent years as the calling card of the socially awkward. No matter how fun the game is, toting around bags of polyhedral dice and regularly consulting the Monster Manual for hit-point data was never a way to get in with the cool kids.

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Can wearable tech boost business productivity?

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You wearable techcouldn’t walk more than 20 feet at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas without running into some new form of wearable technology. And if the Consumer Electronics Association is right, the same will be true of the streets in your town before long.

Consumer interest in buying wearable devices in 2014 has quadrupled from 2012, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. The majority of that interest revolves around fitness devices.

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The Elder Scrolls Online taps impressive, geeky voice cast

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Bethesda’s elder-scrolls-online-voice-castnot fooling around when it comes to voice casting for its upcoming online role-playing game.

The developer has tapped a former member of Monty Python, a Golden Globe winner, Dumbledore and Wonder Woman to help bring The Elder Scrolls Online to life.

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How do porn stars prepare for retirement?

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Porn porn star retirementis an industry where retirement can come without warning.

Big-name performers sometimes choose to quit at the height of their fame, while others find the demand for their services has dwindled, as fickle fans move on to the next sensation. Many careers last less than three months, and those who stay in for more than five or six years are considered veterans.

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Microsoft could be in hot water over controversial Xbox One marketing deal

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Microsoft xbox-one-machinimaand game video network Machinima are defending a recently discovered advertising arrangement between the companies, but experts say they could be facing extended trouble down the road.

Word of the partnership came out earlier this week via Ars Technica. According to leaked documents, well-known Machinima YouTube video creators were paid a bonus by Microsoft for highlighting the Xbox One in their video content. However, the terms of the agreement stipulated that Youtubers not disclose they were being paid to promote the console. In other words, they were getting paid to pimp the system but were told not to tell anybody — nor say anything untoward about the Xbox One.

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Candy Crush Saga makers want to trademark the word ‘candy’

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King, candy-crush-saga-trademarkthe company behind the mobile smash Candy Crush Saga, isn’t content with owning your free time. Now it wants a part of your everyday vocabulary, too.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has approved the company’s application to trademark the word “candy” across a variety of platforms, ranging from computer games to cassette tapes to shower caps.

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Business lessons from rapper 50 Cent’s playbook

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Curtis 50 CentJackson III wears a lot of hats. He’s a musician. He’s an actor. He’s the owner of G-Unit Clothing, owner and CEO of SMS Audio and founder of SK Energy.

But ask him what he considers to be his job and he doesn’t list any of these. Instead, the serial entrepreneur sees himself as the CEO of the 50 Cent brand. In that alternate universe, Jackson, better known by his music nom de plum, says he sees all of his ventures—both past and present—as revolving around his alter ego.

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