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Humanities, Vol. 2, Pages 292-312: Taking Rorty’s Irony Seriously
SketchBook Pro 6.2 - Fast and intuitive paint and drawing toolset. (Commercial)
Fightback - E3 Launch Trailer
Killer Instinct - E3 2013 Sabrewulf Ultra Combo
Killer Instinct - E3 2013 Gameplay Video Sabrewulf vs. Jago
TitanFall - Questions Answered at E3 2013
Hohokum - Gameplay Demo E3 2013
Artboard 1.8 - Simple and direct vector drawing software. (Demo)
DirectMath 2.0.4 - Math word processor for Mathematica/Maxima. (Demo)
DriveClub - Preview
RadioRadar E3 2013 podcast: Day Two
N.Y. Times takes down Weiner story
Donkey Kong pummels penguins in frosty island adventure
Throw a sledgesaw discus-style in Dead Rising 3
Bayonetta 2 plays like Bayonetta 1 and that's totally fine
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Humanities, Vol. 2, Pages 292-312: Taking Rorty’s Irony Seriously

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:00 AM PDT

Richard Rorty's Contingency, Irony and Solidarity (CIS) is an ambitious and provocative, but for many readers a deeply flawed work. This paper argues that many of its apparent flaws can be understood as integral to Rorty's attempt to write a work of private, post-theoretical irony. The paper's first section outlines the substantive theoretical claims about language, selfhood and community which Rorty proposes as an antiessentialist alternative to 'metaphysics'. The second identifies three difficulties—residual dualism, conceptual problems with the public-private distinction, and the work's self-referential consistency—which constitute serious, but obvious problems for those substantive claims. The third section argues that Rorty's metaphilosophical discussion of 'ironist theory' suggests CIS should be read as a personal work of irony which eschews theoretical ambitions, showing how this is consistent with and provides a motive for accepting the presence of conspicuous difficulties. The final section considers how the work's metaphilosophical views interact with its substantive theoretical claims. The work's irony is interpreted as resulting from the tension between these, so as to coexist rather than conflict with Rorty's enduring commitments to liberalism and pragmatism.

SketchBook Pro 6.2 - Fast and intuitive paint and drawing toolset. (Commercial)

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:43 AM PDT

SketchBook Pro is a fun and intuitive paint and drawing application, transforming your Mac into an artistic toolkit. With familiar tools designed for professional artists, illustrators, and designers, SketchBook Pro's easy-to-use interface will help unlock the creativity in everyone.

This is a completely new version of SketchBook Pro and is not available as a free update for version 5. You will be able to continue to use and to access downloads of SketchBook Pro 5.x from your Purchased apps on the Mac App Store.

SketchBook Pro is specially designed to take advantage of pen tablets such as Wacom Bamboo, Intuos, and Cintiq products to deliver a natural drawing experience.

Version 6.2:

Improved overall stability

OS X 10.6.6 or later

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Fightback - E3 Launch Trailer

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:53 PM PDT

Check out the launch trailer for Fightback.

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Killer Instinct - E3 2013 Sabrewulf Ultra Combo

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:51 PM PDT

Jago and Sabrewulf start to pull out their best combos, ending with Killer Instinct's patented Ultra Combo.

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"Killer Instinct - E3 2013 Sabrewulf Ultra Combo" was posted by Jim Maybury on Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:51:01 -0700

Killer Instinct - E3 2013 Gameplay Video Sabrewulf vs. Jago

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:50 PM PDT

Jago and Sabrewulf take turns showing off some early combos in Killer Instinct for Xbox One.

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"Killer Instinct - E3 2013 Gameplay Video Sabrewulf vs. Jago" was posted by Jim Maybury on Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:50:06 -0700

TitanFall - Questions Answered at E3 2013

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:48 PM PDT

Martin asks Drew McCoy about how TitanFall actually takes advantage of Xbox One cloud compute and more.

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"TitanFall - Questions Answered at E3 2013" was posted by Andy Bauman on Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:48:32 -0700

Hohokum - Gameplay Demo E3 2013

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:46 PM PDT

We take a look at this mellow puzzle game at the Sony booth.

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"Hohokum - Gameplay Demo E3 2013" was posted by Aaron Sampson and Sean Sullivan on Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:46:02 -0700

Artboard 1.8 - Simple and direct vector drawing software. (Demo)

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:24 AM PDT

Artboard is a simple and direct vector drawing application that includes everything you need to create your own graphics and illustrations.

Artboard delivers with hundreds of awesome styles and fully editable clip art, including speech bubbles, shiny buttons, maps and flags, people factory, and home planning. Artboard stands apart with powerful stacked styles that go way beyond simple fill and stroke, providing a wide range of spectacular effects.

Design logos, posters, floor plans, technical drawings, fun fashions, Web graphics, and more.

Simple. Powerful. Fun.

Key features of Artboard:

Over 20 simple and direct tools for drawing rectangles, stars, circles, lines, curves, text and navigating
Pre-designed templates to create fliers, invitations, signs, and business cards
Beautifully rendered text available with outline, shadow, mask, and text on path
Perfectly crisp anti-aliased graphics
Layers-based drawing
Smooth Bezier curves
Page and poster-tiled printing
Automatic graph paper
Pen tablet support
Export for Web and print the most popular graphics formats PNG, JPG, PDF, and TIFF supporting resolutions from 72 to 600-dpi
Quick access to iPhoto, Pictures folder, and Smart folders via Image Browser
Drag-and-drop between popular productivity apps
Many more features

Make your reports and presentations shine with Artboard.

Version 1.8:

What's New?

Layer Masking. By enabling Layer Masks, you can create complex clipping masks for each individual layer which add a powerful new creative dimension to your projects.
You can now use the Tab key to cycle through a series of overlapping objects to select them. This is useful in situations where directly clicking the object might be awkward or impossible, such as when one object completely covers another.
Your Artboard creations can now be directly shared to your favourite social networking sites or emailed using the new 'Share' toolbar button.

Bug Fixes

Hit-testing of text shapes and paths is now more reliable using a new "greeking" algorithm. This is available on OS X 10.7 and later.
A potential hang when disabling shadow rendering altogether was fixed.
A problem with the alignment of Core Image filter effects near the edges of the drawing was fixed.
A problem with the "Sticky Tools" setting being ignored when switching tools using the keyboard was fixed.
A problem that could cause very slow performance when a lot of stroked objects were in the drawing was fixed.
A problem where a saved file could not be reopened when certain Core Image filter effects were used was fixed.

Other Changes

The preference setting for "Auto-activate Layers" was moved from the Layer menu to the Preferences dialog.
Object alignment commands now align based on the object's path rather than the bounding box, which is strongly influenced by the style applied. This makes alignment much more consistent and useful.
Images exported in any of the bitmap formats (JPEG, PNG, TIFF) now use the Generic RGB colourspace rather than the device-specific colourspace. This maintains better colour fidelity as these images are subsequently used, such as on webpages, etc.

OS X 10.6 or later

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DirectMath 2.0.4 - Math word processor for Mathematica/Maxima. (Demo)

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:00 AM PDT

DirectMath is a mathematical editor and easy-to-use front end for the Mathematica and Maxima computer algebra systems. In addition, DirectMath includes a powerful and sophisticated set of drawing tools for creating mathematical diagrams.

Version 2.0.4:

Bug-fix release
Improved constraint-satisfaction algorithm for drawing tools.
Improved support for Unicode text input.

OS X 10.5 or later

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DriveClub - Preview

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:57 AM PDT

I suck at racing games.

It's true. Simulation racing games and I don't get along. Put me behind the wheel of a Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport and I'm likely to manage a real-life car accident. You'd find me on the side of the road. "I left you alone with my PS2 for an hour! How'd you wrap my car around a tree?" You asked me to play a racing game, and I suck at racing games. I told you already.

Regardless, my lust for PlayStation 4 experiences led me into Sony's massive E3 2013 booth. I've never seen a bigger space at the biggest expo in gaming, and plenty of next-gen kits were ready for the energetic gamers and writers. I sadled up to a DriveClub demo and truly entered the next-generation of racing games.

DriveClub makes for an interesting community experience, challenging you in differnet ways on different parts of every track. The devleoper pointed out these challenges as I raced through them: drift around this corner, reach a top speed on this straight away, set a fast lap time. An opponent popped up on my screen, along with their score and a sort of holographic outline, letting me know the area I had to excel in in each category.

A line on the track let me know that where the drift challenge started and stopped, so I wasted no time jamming on the left trigger to start a drift. The PS4's DualShock 4 controller met me with just enough resistance, but my lead foot was too eager and I spun out. Keeping those realistic physics in mind, I sped off to explore the rest of the track and decided to play more conservatively.

Apparently I hadn't learned my ...

RadioRadar E3 2013 podcast: Day Two

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 01:16 AM PDT

E3 has officially begun, and we're ready to talk about Super Smash Bros. right freaking

N.Y. Times takes down Weiner story

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 01:13 AM PDT

The New York Times "inadvertently" posted an article on the women involved in Anthony Weiner's sexting scandal - and then deleted it.

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Donkey Kong pummels penguins in frosty island adventure

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:47 AM PDT

Donkey Kong Country returns again

Throw a sledgesaw discus-style in Dead Rising 3

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:47 AM PDT