Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for February 1st from 12:39 to 15:30:

• Gamificationexpialidocious – As an aside, this is one of the best quotes I've seen about The Walking Dead games: "One of my favoriate games in recent memory is Telltale’s Walking Dead game which I’m convinced exists solely to trick nerds into have genuine emotions about moral dilemas. It’s also really fun! But it’s a game that fundamentally tears at your heartstrings."
• [toread] Sony announces the end of the MiniDisc | Ars Technica –
• [toread] Football: The Kotaku Review –
• CBS Bans SodaStream Ad. Where’s The Outrage? – Forbes – "But I’m even more shocked that the advertising world isn’t up in arms about it." Who's to say that they're not up in arms about it but, ultimately, powerless?

  Also: the Sodastream spot is a Bogusky creation.

• [toread] The slow motion trainwreck continues | MetaFilter –