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    <title>Review: Apple Watch</title>
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    <published>2015-04-13T19:20:15Z</published>
    <updated>2015-04-13T19:27:43Z</updated>

    <summary>(Flickr/giveittimmy)
Well the Apple Watch is here and it is a beaut. I put it onto my wrist and I thought, wow this is the future. We&apos;re living in the future, now. </summary>
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        <![CDATA[<div class="post-photo-left"><img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/giveittimmy-apple_watch.jpg" alt="Apple Watch" title="Apple Watch" style="width:320px;height:214px">The Apple Watch. (Flickr/giveittimmy)</div>

<p>Well the Apple Watch is here and it is a beaut. I put it onto my wrist and I thought, wow this is the future. We're living in the future, now. </p>

<p>Jony Ive and the design people at Apple HQ have really outdone themselves this time, this is one of the most beautiful gizmos I've ever seen. I hate to nitpick but some of the design comes at the cost of functionality, the see-through plastic part is easily scratchable. But still, though, it is a quite nice achievement. </p>

<p>I've only been wearing the Apple Watch for 20 minutes and already I can't imagine my life without it. Look's like it's "time" for you to get a new watch ;-) </p>

<p>Overall I rate the Apple Watch <strong>9 out of 10 points</strong><br clear="all"></p>

<p><strong>Pro's:</strong><br />
<ul><li>Tells time</li><li><em>Rugrats</em>-themed<li>Says "A baby's gotta do what a baby's gotta do" when you push the button</li><li>Good colour scheme</li><br />
</ul></p>

<p><strong>Con's:</strong><br />
<ul><li>Plastic is easily scratchable</li><li>Batteries hard to replace</li><li>Have to manually change time for Daylight Savings Time</li><br />
</ul></p>

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<entry>
    <title>Opinion: The Gaza Strip Is A Lot Like Silicon Valley</title>
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    <id>tag:tech.rubbercat.net,2014://16.2531</id>

    <published>2014-08-02T18:38:13Z</published>
    <updated>2014-08-02T18:42:32Z</updated>

    <summary>moigovps/Wikimedia CommonsAs I watch footage of the destruction in Gaza and listen to the gut-wrenching stories of innocent people caught in the crossfire, one thought comes to mind: this is a lot like Silicon Valley.</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<div class="post-photo post-photo-left"><img alt="Massacre in Shuja&#146;iyya 20.07.2014.mp4 snapshot 00.02 by moigovps. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons." src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/shuja%27iyya.jpg" title="Massacre in Shuja&#146;iyya 20.07.2014.mp4 snapshot 00.02 by moigovps. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.">moigovps/Wikimedia Commons</div>As I watch footage of the destruction in Gaza and listen to the gut-wrenching stories of innocent people caught in the crossfire, one thought comes to mind: this is a lot like Silicon Valley.

<p>Like Palestinians, we techies face hardships every day. We are denied access to places simply because of our <a href="http://io9.com/google-glass-ushers-in-the-next-wave-of-cybernetic-hate-453658960">face computers.</a> We are heckled by <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/10/us-google-protest-idUSBRE9B818J20131210">anti-gentrification protesters</a> on our way to work. We are attacked by <a href="https://twitter.com/TechHateCrimes/statuses/444570765954785280">hateful graffiti</a> scrawled by our fellow citizens who despise us.</p>

<p>On top of that, the mainstream media refuses to cover our plight sympathetically. Instead, like children on a beach running from Spike-LR missiles, we are forced to dodge hit pieces from professional bullies seeking to destroy our livelihood. </p>

<p>Every nation that currently exists, treats us like garbage. Everywhere I look, I see the reputations of my colleagues blown apart like civilians in a UN school. Sean Parker can't get <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-sean-parker-dinged-millions-for-unpermittedl-wedding-project-20130603-story.html">married</a> without environmentalists getting their panties in a twist. Kevin Rose can't <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/front-porch/index.ssf/2014/06/google_executive_kevin_rose_pl.html">tear down</a> a crappy old historic house without incurring the wrath of angry mobs. Presenters at Google I/O couldn't get through a keynote without some <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/25/5842270/protester-interrupts-google-io-keynote-over-evictions">activist </a>yelling about drones. </p>

<p>We desperately need an exit from this awful society. And yet, like Palestinians, our efforts to <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/19/tim-draper-six-californias-secede-silicon-valley-ballot-initiative/">create our own state</a> are dismissed as a joke. Well, it's time we took things into our own hands. We need to build some sort of "iron bubble" to insulate Silicon Valley from America's uncontrolled nosedive decline. Then, one day, when America is at its weakest point, we can aquhire them and disrupt the social order, with techies at the top. The bottom 1/3rd of the population will become live-in servants for the top 1/3rd. </p>

<p>Until that day, however, our struggle will continue.</p>

<div class="authorbio"><em>Jasmine Hunney is a political activist.</em></div>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>WWDC Fallout! (Comic)</title>
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    <id>tag:tech.rubbercat.net,2014://16.2510</id>

    <published>2014-06-08T23:53:18Z</published>
    <updated>2014-06-09T00:01:41Z</updated>

    <summary>Here is the latest comic from our Giggle Bytes friends, Retrozoic &amp; Sluggo.
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<entry>
    <title>Are Google&apos;s Mystery Barges Actually Giant Ball Pits? </title>
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    <published>2013-11-02T16:04:22Z</published>
    <updated>2013-11-02T16:10:34Z</updated>

    <summary>FlickrFor weeks the tech world has been aflutter with speculation about what&apos;s inside Google&apos;s mystery barges. Now, we may finally have an answer: giant ball pits. </summary>
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For weeks the tech world has been aflutter with speculation about what's inside Google's mystery barges. Now, we may finally have an answer: giant ball pits. 

<p>A member of Google's architectural team tells Tech News Rumor Insider that the search giant is planning to launch a series of playplaces for young children filled with slides, indoor mazes, and yes, giant ball pits, akin to those seen at Chuck E. Cheese's and Discovery Zone. Costumed versions of beloved Google mascots such as <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110317034241/http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/learn/pegman.html">Pegman</a> and the Android robot will roam the halls, ready to dish out hugs and photo opportunities. </p>

<p>"Well, we have a lot of experience building <a href="http://www.flightster.com/2010/08/16/gallivanting-around-the-googleplex/">ball pits</a> and <a href="https://foursquare.com/v/googleplex--slide/4bbe3410061fb713c7e6edce">slides</a> for manchildren," the insider tells us. "One day we just decided, why not build for actual children?"</p>

<p>Allegedly, CEO Larry Page needed a lot of convincing that this would be a profitable venture. However, once he saw the architectural team's concept art for a themed area dubbed The LEGO Zone, "his eyes just lit up like a kid on Christmas." </p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>What to expect from Apple&apos;s October 22nd iPad event</title>
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    <id>tag:tech.rubbercat.net,2013://16.2411</id>

    <published>2013-10-19T17:02:20Z</published>
    <updated>2013-10-19T17:06:07Z</updated>

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<entry>
    <title>LIVEBLOG: 9/10 Apple Event</title>
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    <published>2013-09-10T19:30:57Z</published>
    <updated>2013-09-11T13:13:49Z</updated>

    <summary>Big, big day for Apple Computer Inc. and Apple enthusiasts at today&apos;s iPhone event. Naturally, our reporter Elliot Hamvertical was there to bring you all the action in real time on our Twitter account. Here&apos;s a recap so you can relive the magic.</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<div class="post-photo-left"><img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/iphone.jpg" style="height:100px;width:100px;">Apple</div>Big, big day for tech enthusiasts at today's Apple event, where Apple is expected to announce a new iPhone. Naturally, our reporter Elliot Hamvertical will be there to bring you all the action in real time. Follow along on our <a href="http://twitter.com/TNRInsider">Twitter account</a>.

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<entry>
    <title>Finding the unjustly homeless, and teaching them to write insipid feel-good tech articles.</title>
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    <published>2013-08-21T20:04:09Z</published>
    <updated>2013-08-21T20:31:43Z</updated>

    <summary>Every day driving down Silicon Valley in your chauffered limousine or Uber cab you just might catch a glimpse of a certain species of human known as &quot;the homeless.&quot; Some mentally gone, some drunk, some just asking for microtransactions.

However, I like to think that I, and I alone, can see the rare times when there is a homeless person who does not deserve to be homeless. It&apos;s that feel you get when you know the pizza guy, the maid, the guy who installed my home theater is in the wrong place - they are smart, Caucasian even. This is my attempt to &quot;disrupt&quot; homelessness.</summary>
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<div style="font-size: 120%"><em>Part I</em></div>

<p>Every day driving down Silicon Valley in your chauffered limousine or Uber cab you just might catch a glimpse of a certain species of human known as "the homeless." Some mentally gone, some drunk, some just asking for microtransactions.</p>

<p>However, I like to think that I, and I alone, can see the rare times when there is a homeless person who does not deserve to be homeless. It's that feel you get when you know the pizza guy, the maid, the guy who installs your home theater is in the wrong place - they are smart, Caucasian even. This is my attempt to "disrupt" homelessness.</p>

<p>I pass by a homeless guy who lives by the Electric Light Tower every day on the way to work. He is a fine speciman, perhaps 28 or maybe 50. If someone out there is considering making a movie about my life, I would consider casting Ryan Reynolds with a beard as this man, whom I shall refer to as "The Wayward Disruptor" until I work up the nerve to ask him his name. </p>

<p>Before you think this is some condescending "navel-gazing" charity case, you can just tell when he looks at you that he has sad puppy dog eyes.</p>

<div style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Step one. Moxy.</div>

<p>... this morning, I saw step one. The Wayward Disruptor had found doorknobs and was swinging them around in a burlap sack. I am teh s uck at not being a sociopath, but my rumored Apple iWatch-sized heart fluttered a bit. It was Epic, seeing this gentle brute swinging a sack of doorknobs for no apparent reason. No doubt about it: this guy's got moxy.</p>

<div style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Step two. Waitingness.
</div>

<p>In a few weeks, once I've worked up the nerve to talk to another human being, I am going to get out of the cab and talk to the guy with a pseudo-Biblical Thomas Friedmanesque mindpuzzler. You should know, I am a content aggregator working in what is basically a labor bubble, and shareable linkbait is in high demand.</p>

<p>The idea is simplistic. While being incredibly condescending to The Wayward Disruptor, I will offer him two options:</p>

<ol>
	<li><em>I will come back tomorrow and give you $1337 in bitcoins.</li>
	<li>I will come back tomorrow and give you three writing manuals and a laptop computer. I will then come an hour early from work each day, which I am capable of doing because I live in a vapid bubble of privilege, and teach you how to write insipid feel-good tech articles.</li></em>
</ol>

<p>What do you think he will take? Call your bets in the comments. And do you have any other suggestions/gear he would need, other than food and shelter? </p>

<p>Hopefully, this beta test proves successful. I will update you Tech News Rumor Insider readers on what he says after next month.  </p>

<div style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Step three. Execute.</div>

<p>Of course, if The Wayward Disruptor fails to inspire, sells my laptop for drugs, or otherwise displeases me, I will have no qualms about having him executed.</p>

<p>Best,</p>

<p>Percival EcOnolodge</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Everything You Need To Know About The LinkedIn Redesign</title>
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    <id>tag:tech.rubbercat.net,2013://16.2375</id>

    <published>2013-07-26T21:56:47Z</published>
    <updated>2013-07-26T21:59:51Z</updated>

    <summary>The business-focused social network LinkedIn just had a big redesign. Here&apos;s everything you need to know to navigate the site like a pro.</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Is This The Nokia Lumia 625?</title>
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    <id>tag:tech.rubbercat.net,2013://16.2371</id>

    <published>2013-07-22T23:09:01Z</published>
    <updated>2013-07-23T00:15:29Z</updated>

    <summary>Well what is there to say about the Nokia Lumia 625. It&apos;s the upcoming phone in Nokia&apos;s Lumia line powered by Windows Phone 8. There&apos;s been some other ones like the 600, the 800, and the 420 and they&apos;re all kind of the same but this is going to be radically different. How radically different, you ask. Well just look down at this exclusive leaked image we obtained.</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Well what is there to say about the Nokia Lumia 625. It's the upcoming phone in Nokia's Lumia line powered by Windows Phone 8. There's been some other ones like the 600, the 800, and the 420 and they're all kind of the same but this is going to be radically different. How radically different, you ask. Well just look down at this exclusive leaked image we obtained:</p>

<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/lumia625.jpg" style="border:2px solid black;" title="Nokia Lumia 625" alt="Nokia Lumia 625"></div>

<p>Who knows, maybe this will be the phone that catches on and saves Nokia and makes Windows Phone a viable alternative to the iOS/Android duopoly. Probably not, though.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Is Google Building A Feed Reader?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tech.rubbercat.net/2013/07/is-google-building-a-feed-reader.html" />
    <id>tag:tech.rubbercat.net,2013://16.2362</id>

    <published>2013-07-02T15:29:35Z</published>
    <updated>2013-07-02T15:39:27Z</updated>

    <summary>
It seems like everybody is getting into the feed reader game, from AOL to Digg to Facebook. Well, now things are about to get a lot more interesting, because it looks like top dog Google might enter the market with their own feed reader. </summary>
    <author>
        <name>Um Manlick</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<div class="post-photo post-photo-left"><img src="http://www.rubbercat.net/archive/technewsrumorinsider/google.jpg" alt="Google"></div>
It seems like everybody is getting into the feed reader game, from AOL to Digg to Facebook. Well, now things are about to get a lot more interesting, because it looks like top dog Google might enter the market with their own feed reader. 

<p>Our source did a teardown of latest Google Play APK and discovered hints in the source code that the developers might be setting the groundwork for a future reader product. Of course, this may not mean anything, but who can say for sure. A Google spokesperson said the company does not comment on rumors.</p>

<p>Only time will tell as we shall see. </p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Buy My App</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tech.rubbercat.net/2013/06/buy-my-app.html" />
    <id>tag:tech.rubbercat.net,2013://16.2345</id>

    <published>2013-06-12T00:04:24Z</published>
    <updated>2013-06-12T00:16:07Z</updated>

    <summary>Six months ago Brandley Pippins, Ravi Discus, and I formed a new company, K Blanch, and went to work on an iPhone app. Today we shipped.
</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Jhonen Fluber</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<p>Six months ago Brandley Pippins, Ravi Discus, and I formed a new company, K Blanch, and went to work on an iPhone app. Today we shipped.</p>

<p>hello. is an elegant and minimal "Hello World" app. I've been using it all day, every day for months now. What it does it that it displays the phrase "Hello World" in a beautifully designed typeface. It's not just an app, but an experience. </p>

<p>You can buy hello. in the App Store for just $5.99. I think you'll like it. &#9733;</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>What Men Should Wear To E3</title>
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    <id>tag:tech.rubbercat.net,2013://16.2339</id>

    <published>2013-06-05T23:30:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-06-05T23:38:58Z</updated>

    <summary>Xbox 666
The big video game expo Triple E also known as E3 is almost upon us. For all the mans out there who plan on attending and getting their game on, it can be a hard decision deciding what to wear. You have to wear the right attire or you will not be taken seriously. Here&apos;s some suggestions.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Katrina Lesse</name>
        
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<p>The big video game expo Triple E also known as E3 is almost upon us. For all the mans out there who plan on attending and getting their game on, it can be a hard decision deciding what to wear. You have to wear the right attire or you will not be taken seriously.  Do not wear what you usually wear or try to look sexy, you will be arrested. Instead, here are some suggestions of things that you can wear:</p>

<ul style="font-weight: bold;" type="square">
	<li>Shame-tarp<p></p></li>
	<li>Bag<p></p></li>
	<li>Barrel like in old-time cartoons<p></p></li>
	<li>Michelin Man costume<p></p></li>
	<li>Sandwich board that says "I AM A MAN. DO NOT INTERACT WITH ME."<p></p></li>
	<li>Snuggie<p></p></li>
	<li>Green lycra body suit so your disgusting body can be easily edited out of convention footage<p></p></li>
	<li>Giant tube (no eyeholes)<p></p></li>
	<li>Full-body cast<p></p></li>
	<li>Spacesuit (tinted visor)<p></p></li>
</ul>

<p>You can try variations on these outfits for each day of the Expo but let's not go crazy here. </p>

<p>Happy gaming!</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Startup Spotlight: Fuselighter, The Kickstarter For Terrorism</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tech.rubbercat.net/2013/05/startup-spotlight-fuselighter-the-kickstarter-for-terrorism.html" />
    <id>tag:tech.rubbercat.net,2013://16.2323</id>

    <published>2013-05-30T01:30:53Z</published>
    <updated>2013-05-30T01:42:18Z</updated>

    <summary>FuselighterAfter US forces assassinated al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden in 2011, his financial assets were frozen and the money was traced, dealing a major blow to the organizations&apos;s ability to fund new projects. 

Enter Fuselighter. </summary>
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        <name>Mitch Charrington</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<div class="post-photo post-photo-right"><img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/fuselighter.jpg" alt="Fuselighter" title="Fuselighter">Fuselighter</div>After US forces assassinated al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden in 2011, his financial assets were frozen and the money was traced, dealing a major blow to the organizations's ability to fund new projects. 

<p>Enter Fuselighter. </p>

<p>Launched late last year, Fuselighter is essentially a version of Kickstarter that allows anyone the ability to garner financing for terrorism through the miracle of crowdfunding. Backers can donate any amount of money, whether it be 5 cents or 5 million. There are also reward tiers for backers who pledge a certain amount - a shoutout in a manifesto, perhaps, or their name written in blood. </p>

<p>"I watched a TED Talk about crowdfunding and micropayments and all that, and I knew this could be applied to terrorism," said Fuselighter's founder, Mokhar al-Zargerburq, who at 20 is already a member of Pakistan's tech elite. "Before we came along, the money would come from a couple big backers, you know, sometimes a state. What Fuselighter does is disrupt the whole model and re-paradigm it for the 21st century. It makes terrorism accessible to anyone."</p>

<p>What's the secret? al-Zargerburq stressed the importance of the site's privacy and encryption features. "Couple bucks here, a few bucks there, no one will evey suspect a thing. It spreads the money around and makes it harder for the anti-disuption crowd to shut things down."</p>

<p>Although Fuselighter has seen a few successes, al-Zargerburq is hoping the site could fund something on a larger scale. "The potential is certainly there.  We followed the Zack Braff thing on Kickstarter with keen interest. Two million dollars in less than a week. Just imagine how much terrorism that could buy."</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Zybourne Clock Announced As Launch Title For Xbox One</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tech.rubbercat.net/2013/05/zybourne-clock-announced-as-launch-title-for-xbox-one.html" />
    <id>tag:tech.rubbercat.net,2013://16.2319</id>

    <published>2013-05-21T17:59:52Z</published>
    <updated>2013-05-21T18:26:23Z</updated>

    <summary>Gauss
Minutes ago, Xbox chief Don Mattrick announced the highly anticipated steampunk game Zybourne Clock will be a launch title for Microsoft&apos;s newly-unveiled Xbox One console. It will be one of the first games to take advantage of the next-gen console&apos;s 8-core CPU, dynamic impulse triggers, and SmartGlass integration.</summary>
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        <name>Petunia Hurrlasquez</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<div class="post-photo post-photo-left"><img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/zybourne_clock.jpg" alt="Zybourne Clock" title="Zybourne Clock">Gauss</div>
Minutes ago, Xbox chief Don Mattrick announced the highly anticipated steampunk game <cite>Zybourne Clock</cite> will be a launch title for Microsoft's newly-unveiled Xbox One console. It will be one of the first games to take advantage of the next-gen console's 8-core CPU, dynamic impulse triggers, and SmartGlass integration.

<p>Stuck in development hell for years, <cite>Zybourne Clock</cite>'s rebirth is nothing short of miraculous. Meteoritech, the game's original developer, followed a shameful path that lead the company to two bankruptcies, mass staff defections, and a lawsuit over drug paraphernalia. Meanwhile, the game faced numerous delays: scripts were continually scrapped and rewritten, and years of progress were discarded several times as the development team continually switched game engines. Eventually the team decided to build their own engine, dubbed Chronospire, which was designed from the ground up to handle the game's revolutionary time travel elements, but development was halted just three months later. </p>

<p>Yet <cite>Zybourne Clock</cite>'s long gestation only made it more popular as it became something of a white whale for the gaming community, many of whom found themselves enthralled by the developers' promises of completely reinventing the entire gaming paradigm and the scant pieces of concept art and story fragments made publicly available. "<cite>Zybourne</cite> gave gamers everywhere something to hope for," remarked Paul Hack, a writer for <em>Game Jolt</em>.</p>

<p>Two years ago, with help from the fan community via Kickstarter, indie developer Chillaxe Studios purchased the game's source code and Chronospire engine from Meteoritech and restarted development. With this new infusion of CAPITAL, Chillaxe was able to bring in millionaire badboy authors Mark Brendle &  J. Ingwit Cahill to rework the story and recruit A-list actors to provide voicework, including Neil Patrick Harris as protagonist/(spoiler) antagonist Sylus Camgroove, Ryan Gosling as brooding anti-hero Johnny Fiveaces, and Werner Herzog as the dreaded Dr. Malaprop.</p>

<p>During the announcement, Mattrick showed off exclusive gameplay footage of Johnny Fiveaces and his partner Schlotz escaping a zeppelin explosion, thrilling attendees who gave it a standing ovation. </p>

<p><cite>Zybourne Clock</cite> will retail for $70. A collector's edition of the game will come encased in a golden egg and include a luxurious "Art of Zybourne Clock" hardcover book.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>10 Characters That Need To Be In The Next Super Smash Bros.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tech.rubbercat.net/2013/05/10-characters-that-need-to-be-in-the-next-super-smash-bros.html" />
    <id>tag:tech.rubbercat.net,2013://16.2312</id>

    <published>2013-05-13T19:45:36Z</published>
    <updated>2013-05-13T20:22:15Z</updated>

    <summary>Anticipation is high for the forthcoming fourth installment of Nintendo&apos;s Super Smash Bros. franchise and fans everywhere are speculating about which iconic video game characters should be added to the roster. I&apos;ve made a list of my top ten choices that would make excellent fighters and bring more diversity to the series. Let&apos;s a-go!</summary>
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        <name>Petunia Hurrlasquez</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<p>Anticipation is high for the forthcoming fourth installment of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. franchise and fans everywhere are speculating about which iconic video game characters should be added to the roster. I've made a list of my top ten choices that would make excellent fighters and bring more diversity to the series. Let's a-go!</p>

<p><img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/ssb_mspacman.gif" class="pic"><h3>10. Ms. Pac-Man</h3></p>

<p>Smash Bros. is in sore need of more female characters, so why not start with the first female video game character?<br />
<br clear="all"></p>

<p><img src="http://rubbercat.net/print/default.gif" class="pic" alt="no photo available" title="grue" height="100" width="100"><h3>9. A grue</h3></p>

<p>The text adventure genre is badly underrepresented. Including a grue from the <em>Zork</em> series would rectify that oversight immediately!<br clear="all"></p>

<p><img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/ssb_nene_anegasaki.jpg" alt="Manaka Takane" title="Nene Anegasaki" class="pic"><h3>8. Rinko Kobayakawa</h3></p>

<p>Dating sims such as <em>LovePlus</em> are another underrepresented game genre. Get on it, Nintendo!<br />
<br clear="all"></p>

<p><img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/ssb_mavis.gif" alt="Mavis Beacon" title="Mavis Beacon" class="pic"><h3>7. Mavis Beacon</h3></p>

<p>She taught me how to type... now I'll teach her how to kill.<br />
<br clear="all"></p>

<p><img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/ssb_crash.jpg" alt="Crash Bandicoot" title="Crash Bandicoot" class="pic"><h3>6. Crash Bandicoot</h3></p>

<p>Mario, Sonic, and Crash in the same game?? I'm there!!<br />
<br clear="all"></p>

<p><img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/ssb_hoopz.png" alt="Hoopz Barkley" title="Hoopz Barkley" class="pic"><h3>5. Hoopz Barkley</h3></p>

<p>It would be great if Nintendo showed some love for indie developers by including young Hoopz Barkley from Tales of Game's's hit RPG <em>Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden</em>. <br />
<br clear="all"></p>

<p><img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/ssb_angrybirds.jpg" alt="Angry Bird" title="Angry Bird" class="pic"><h3>4. One of the Angry Birds</h3></p>

<p>Super Smash Bros. is a celebration of the many different types of games coming together, and so I feel Nintendo needs to acknowledge the bludgeoning field of casual mobile games, lest the franchise begin to feel like a mausoleum. What better choice to represent the genre than an Angry Bird??<br clear="all"></p>

<p><br />
<img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/ssb_carmen.jpg" alt="Carmen Sandiego" title="Carmen Sandiego" class="pic"><h3>3. Carmen Sandiego</h3></p>

<p>Hopefully her appearance would revive the <em>Carmen</em> franchise, which is in dire need of a new game.<br clear="all"></p>

<p><br />
<img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/ssb_scott.png" alt="Scott Pilgrim" title="Scott Pilgrim" class="pic"><h3>2. Scott Pilgrim</h3></p>

<p>Maybe not as a playable character, but just as someone who'd stand on the sidelines and make jokes and stuff while you're fighting... just a thought...<br clear="all"></p>

<p><img src="http://tech.rubbercat.net/images/ssb_tetris.jpg" alt="Tetris" title="Tetris" class="pic"><h3>1. Tetris block</h3></p>

<p>Yeah, yeah, I know there was that <em>Tetris</em> song in <em>Brawl</em>, but I still say the <em>Tetris</em> franchise needs some more representation. I'm thinking maybe an L-shaped Tetris block that can deal some major damage from above. Or maybe a Russian guy who just throws Tetris blocks at people? I haven't really thought this through.<br clear="all"></p>

<p>So, what do you guys think? Sound off in the comments!</p>]]>
        
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