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Give it five minutes

Jason Fried: Give it five minutes There are two things in this world that take no skill: 1. Spending other people’s money and 2. Dismissing an idea. Dismissing an idea is so easy because it doesn’t involve any work. You can scoff at it. You can ignore it. You can puff some smoke at it. […]

The web is a set of filters

Arnold Kim Because a lot of what we do is to curate and filter the web. MacRumors happens to filter against Apple news and rumors. If that’s the topic you are interested and you like the content we filter, then MacRumors is a great fit for you. That’s not everyone’s goal, of course. Traditional journalists […]

Assassin’s Creed 3 box art subtleties

Assassin’s Creed 3 box art subtleties

While looking at the different Assassin’s Creed 3 box art, I found it interesting that Ubisoft made sure to note the region each of the covers belonged to. After a closer look, I realized why. Firstly, the color tones are slightly different. It’s seemingly minor, but the European box art features warmer colors than the […]

Assassin’s Creed 3 box cover

Assassin’s Creed 3 box cover

Today Ubisoft revealed the box art for Assassin’s Creed 3, and saying that I’m excited is an understatement. From what I can gather, it’s set during the American Revolution. It was pointed out to me that our new Assassin is definitely not Caucasian, and him wielding a tomahawk shaped like the assassin’s symbol does put […]