The most homoerotic tale ever created in any medium

At least, that's Charlie Brooker's take on Modern Warfare 3. I didn't play that game, and I would like to point out that some FPS-protagonists exist that don't look and act like overcompensating machos - Doctor Freeman from Half-Life and the mute from BioShock come to mind. But Brooker has a point and he brings it across convincingly and amusingly.

If google+ was a party...

...it would happen in a really tasteful lounge, with lots of little niches, where you can have private conversations. The lighting is a bit bright, but you feel that some effort went into this party - it's all quite HiTek, maybe even a touch futuristic. All the crap that clutters up all other party locations has been squared away - you know, the stupid family games nobody plays any more, and if there are people working for public relations or advertisers, handing out flyers and stickers, they are kept in the background - for now.

Problem is, all the cool kids are still partying over at that facebook joint, while google+ remains a geekfest.