Why it's hard to make TV about regular folks ThinkProgress's culture blogger Alyssa Rosenberg explores The Myths And Challenges Of Making Working Class Television, writing that the main challenge is:
being working poor isn?t something that you solve once and it?s done.There are plenty of movies that do this, because they can have one crisis and overcome that, and the story's over. In TV, you have to have th [..]
Why It's Hard To Make Today's Games Funny [Feature] Video games have been generating laughter since the days of text-based adventures. Can today's more complicated titles keep up with the comedy of their beloved point-and-click ancestors? Comedy isn't easy, especially in the medium of the video game. Injecting humor is more than s [..]
Harold Ramis On Why It's Hard To Make Funny Video Games [Ghostbusters] Compared to the number of funny movies, the number of funny games is quite low. Good comedy is hard! Harold Ramis is a funny guy, and he's writer and/or directed a bunch of funny movies: Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day. Why does he think are the challenge [..]
New L4D2 Mutation: Hard Eight (more like 'Just Hard')
At first, we really liked the idea of Left 4 Dead 2 "mutations." They promised fun tweaks to the gameplay to keep it interesting and fresh. In practice, however, they seem more like an exc [..]
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Groupon CEO Andrew Mason: "I Decided To Set The Bar Very Low And Make Up Lies About Myself That Make Me Sound Lame" Groupon CEO Andrew Mason went on CNBC today. He talked about how his daily deals email business has about 500 clones and so many customers that its biggest problem is turning them away.
Typical of Andrew, he also said some wacky, delightful stuff.
At one point, an anchor asks, "Is it true you have 20 cats?" and Andrew answered: "No. Most CEOs will make stuff up about themselves to [..]
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Microsoft exec Tivanka Ellawala told investors the company will not be making its own smartphone handsets.
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