Flipping Tables

Smash Bros. is still fun after all these years. Mike and Lyons are going to track their internet usage. And the #SOTU shall be tweeted, youtubed, instagramed, and other Web 2.0 buzz words. Will policy actually improve though? That remains to be seen.

CES 2015 is over and we're not going to recap it because we're better than that, but we will talk about it. Just the interesting parts though. Promise. Also, RealPlayer thinks they're a startup now?

Marriott proves they hate you by blocking your wifi devices. Mike and Lyons still haven't found the wearables they're looking for. And fan-made games are sometimes better than the originals; particularly when they play themselves!

Get any good games for Christmas? Too bad you didn't get to play them thanks to DDoS attacks against the PSN and Xbox Live. At least you had the option to watch The Interview on Youtube. Win?

Lyons spends a week with Mike's Pebble smartwatch. And the Sony hack. 300TB of data stolen, a (likely terrible) movie canceled, thousands of employees personal information exposed. It's bad, baby. Real bad.

Lyons rights an ancient wrong by finally playing GoldenEye. Teens play Megaman and are surprisingly optimistic about how bad they are. Gangnam Style actually breaks Youtube. And Pebble finds a way to stay in the game a little longer.

Square Enix continues trolling the world by releasing the original FFVII on PS4 like it was a big deal, and the 3D version of FFIV on Steam as if that was the version we wanted. Suikoden proves some games can cast off RPG tropes. Wire is yet another revolutionary chat app. And Google fixes the CAPTCHA.

How do you deal with rape threats on the internet? Tell the perpetrator's mother! Twitter is spying on the apps you have installed because they can't stop being terrible. Apple breaks its own rules and sends unwanted push notifications. Flickr decides to sell your photos. And Google makes paying to remove ads an option.

How has Nintendo avoided shipping broken games? Maybe skipping DLC holds you to a higher standard. Uber's awfulness hopefully paves the way for competition. And Lyons geeks out of Final Fantasy VI.

Turns out metagaming is not optional for some people. The world is confused by the world of Twitter and their craziest mission statement in the world. Sometimes the best thing doesn't win. And when did shipping unplayably broken games become okay? Answer: never!