Word: familiarizes
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...Most of the attacks on MMOGs sounded familiar to me-in the '80s when I played Dungeons & Dragons, it was taken as practically gospel that the game was the devil's work. But while I knew, even as a kid, that those claims were stupid, I wasn't so sure about WoW. I believed that there was something wrong about how easy excitement came...
...Prague. Their vignettes make a compelling side narrative to the main tale, but the best feature of the book is how it builds, brick by dirty gray brick, a portrait of North Korean society that feels far more real than any debriefing. Church's Pyongyang is caught in the familiar time warp of the North's long-soured revolution: it's a place of deserted roads, decaying buildings and rusting trains that creak off to the provinces at walking pace. But what's different is the richly quotidian existence he brings to life. O may be under the thumb...
...Anyone familiar with Macworld knows that Steve Jobs is secretive. It's part of his allure. But that mystique has taken a hit over revelations that the company backdated options. Apple's board gave Jobs and his senior management a vote of confidence following an internal investigation into 6,428 improperly backdated options granted between 1997 and 2002. The board found no misconduct by the CEO. Nor, for that matter, have the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department, but they aren't done. As part of an ongoing investigation, the feds may question Jobs as they probe Apple...
...next president is preparing to begin final-round interviews, with Stanford Provost John W. Etchemendy, Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan, and University of Cambridge chief Alison F. Richard among the names being most seriously considered by the committee, according to two individuals familiar with the group's activities...
...name its choice in early February, although the announcement could be moved up to the end of January if the committee quickly reaches a decision—or pushed back to March if the group’s progress slows, according to the two sources and another individual also familiar with the committee’s activities...