Before I launch into an unqualified rave of this new musical, I have a two-part confession: Somehow I managed to make it to adulthood without seeing the holiday movie that's a December constant.
And, though critics are supposed to be open-minded, I admit that I approached Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with some trepidation figuring that this would pre-sell itself and therefore did not have to be all that good.
It has been known to happen with holiday shows, given the built-in audience of people coming to New York to shop and see the tree. Slick producers think they can put anything on the stage and people will come. Add to that how beloved this movie is, and it was inevitable that a production would happen.
So "A Christmas Story, The Musical!" is a delightful surprise. It is terrific fun, sweet without ever condescending, and mines the time in which its set,...
And, though critics are supposed to be open-minded, I admit that I approached Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with some trepidation figuring that this would pre-sell itself and therefore did not have to be all that good.
It has been known to happen with holiday shows, given the built-in audience of people coming to New York to shop and see the tree. Slick producers think they can put anything on the stage and people will come. Add to that how beloved this movie is, and it was inevitable that a production would happen.
So "A Christmas Story, The Musical!" is a delightful surprise. It is terrific fun, sweet without ever condescending, and mines the time in which its set,...
- 11/26/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
"Homefront" is out next week, Thq's "Red Dawn"-esque (no, seriously-- John Milius penned the story) first-person shooter set in a near-future world in which a Korea united under the rule of Kim Jong-il's son invades and conquers the United States of America. While a marketing fanfare has risen up around the game's narrative, the character progression-based competitive multiplayer mode has also been turning quite a few heads in preview sessions. Developer Kaos Studios detailed in a recent interview how the work that's been done will help the game's online play avoid the pitfalls of exploits and incessant camping that fans of "Call of Duty" and similar shooters tend to complain of.
To combat campers, Kaos upped the number of killing tools that players have at their disposal. "What we've found is that if there's a sniper who's doing pretty well, players will get annoyed by him and want to take him out,...
To combat campers, Kaos upped the number of killing tools that players have at their disposal. "What we've found is that if there's a sniper who's doing pretty well, players will get annoyed by him and want to take him out,...
- 3/10/2011
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Multiplayer
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A revolutionary software system could take some of the tech turbulence out of air travel.
The groans that follow a canceled flight announcement aren't just recognition of instant inconvenience but also anticipation of frustrations to come: waiting in line, watching ticket agents hammer keyboards, wondering why getting on the next flight has to be so difficult.
Don't aim your ire at the poor ticket agent. The problem, says Ita Software CEO Jeremy Wertheimer, is the system. If you were able to see things from the other side of the desk without causing a security incident, you'd understand that ticket agents are trying to pull answers from antiquated green-screen airline systems that can require weeks and weeks of training and black-belt levels of keyboard dexterity. "The airline It platform was developed in the 1950s," says Wertheimer. "Almost all these programs are still running on mainframes."
Enter Ita, a Cambridge,...
A revolutionary software system could take some of the tech turbulence out of air travel.
The groans that follow a canceled flight announcement aren't just recognition of instant inconvenience but also anticipation of frustrations to come: waiting in line, watching ticket agents hammer keyboards, wondering why getting on the next flight has to be so difficult.
Don't aim your ire at the poor ticket agent. The problem, says Ita Software CEO Jeremy Wertheimer, is the system. If you were able to see things from the other side of the desk without causing a security incident, you'd understand that ticket agents are trying to pull answers from antiquated green-screen airline systems that can require weeks and weeks of training and black-belt levels of keyboard dexterity. "The airline It platform was developed in the 1950s," says Wertheimer. "Almost all these programs are still running on mainframes."
Enter Ita, a Cambridge,...
- 2/9/2010
- by Dan Morrell
- Fast Company
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