Sad day for the world of literature: Maurice Sendak has passed away at age 83. Hilariously irreverent until the end, Sendak’s last public appearance was on The Colbert Report, where he gave advice to Colbert on his new children’s book:

A great loss, indeed.

Good on this mom for taking matters into her own hands when her son’s school failed to properly address the serious bullying problem her son was facing. Usually stories like this happen in the opposite direction- schools trying to compensate for a lack of parenting.

Indiana mom sends son to school with stun gun to confront bullies – CNN.com

An Indiana mother sent her gay son to school with a stun gun after administrators apparently didn’t do enough to stop bullying

Bullshit on this one, EA. I can maybe see if at one point you were planning on shutting down your game, changed your mind, and some department just didn’t get the memo in time. But that’s NOT THE SAME THING as what you’re claiming. Considering how much flak you’ve been taking lately, and how much of it has been deserved, you would do well to just come clean and show some transparency on this one.

EA Backtracks On Shutting Down Rock Band Mobile

Publisher Electronic Arts seems to have backtracked on its plans to shut down the mobile version of Rock Band following a massive outcry from fans and press yesterday.
Yesterday, customers with the iO…

Oh awesome- a Super Smash Bros. port for PS3! And it has a ridiculous name to boot! Oh well. Even if it is just a SSB clone for PS3, if it’s anything like the genuine article, I won’t complain.