Next generation of gaming unveiled at E3

New hardware unlocks exciting gameplay possibilities

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Kallie Plagge/Staff

“Next-gen” means a lot of different things to gamers — and nothing at all, probably, to the uninitiated. It literally refers to the new “generation” of gaming consoles, but it also means growth and expansion in an industry marred by “sequelitis” and negative stereotypes. Next-gen was the unofficial theme of Read More…

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Flashback Friday: early days of being a gamer

With the big trade show known as E3 finally wrapped up, gamers have a whole lot to be excited about in the upcoming year. With more news about Sony’s and Microsoft’s next-generation consoles and announcements about a variety of new games, there can be no better time than now to Read More…

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bMail: Berkeley’s B-minus idea

Using private vendors for Web services creates privacy issues

Should you care that the university outsourced student and faculty email service to Google? Perhaps you should not. Vendors can provide many services to campus efficiently, perhaps even better than our own employees can. CalMail appeared to be one of those poorly performing campus services best handled by a vendor. Read More…