Today’s roundup of the finest tech writing on the web includes all sorts of delicious morsels, including a look at gender in tech, the importance of gaming trilogies, and an illuminating trip inside a nuclear reactor. Kick back, get your Instapaper at the ready and read on for it all.
The b3st and worst gam3s with a 3 in the title
Kotaku
Kotaku columnist Tim Rogers doesn’t half ramble on. Look around in that wall of typeface however, and you’ll find some fascinating insights and titbits from a man who lives and breathes video games – this month, it’s the significance of the third entry in a franchise.
What’s Inside A Nuclear Reactor?
Focus Magazine
It sounds daft, but think about it – what actually is going on inside one? If you can give us an exact answer, you’ve got more of a head for science than us. This photo gallery reveals all: as it turns out, it’s fascinatingly, radioactively mundane.
A tale of two platforms: How Grand Theft Auto 3 reveals the Android Market’s fatal flaws
Electricpig
GTA 3 launched this week on mobiles and tablets to much fanfare: but Rockstar borked its released on the Android Market, disappointing hundreds, if not thousands, of customers in the process. Here’s what went wrong, and what Google needs to do to stop it happening again.
How woman are making robots more humane
Fast Company
The ever compelling Fast Co Design blog has a great look at how women are leading the charge, coming up with robots that are crossing the uncanny valley and ending up almost, well, endearing.
Mobile lifeline under threat for Afghan women
Nokia Conversations
Here’s something we’re fortunate enough never to have to consider in the UK: what are the physical repercussions for women buying mobile phones? In Afghanistan sadly, they’re still all too real. Kudos to Nokia for bringing this terrible situation to light.
Should Nintendo stop making hardware?
Electricpig
Hello! Us again. This time, head honcho James Holland and senior staff writer Adam Bunker debate/duke it out over the Nintendo question: should the gaming giant stop trying with consoles and put all its wares up for sale on iOS. Let’s hear your views too.
