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...niche hobby, so nerdy that nerds were embarrassed to be associated with it. Now, thanks in large part to Ken Kutaragi, the president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, video games take in more money than movies. An electrical engineer by training, he joined Sony in 1975, but his gut-check moment didn't arrive until 1990, when Nintendo backed out of a partnership with Sony to build a new video-game machine. Most in the company wanted to cede the battlefield, but Kutaragi believed Sony could go it alone; he led an in-house splinter cell that developed...
...It’s a different mentality,” added Chiampa. “It’s more of a marathon. It comes down to who can gut it out the best...
...song on the radio, I understand all over again why their music has such lasting appeal. When juxtaposed with Limp Bizkit’s overbearing machismo, Creed’s creepy blend of pop and religion, or John Mayer’s annoying, emo voice, Cobain’s gut-wrenching howl and skillfully dissonant guitar-playing are as refreshing as a brick in Sean Paul’s face. Today, 10 years after Cobain’s suicide, his music appeals to us for the same reasons it did in 1991, when “Smells Like Teen Spirit?...
...knew that this game was kind of a gut-check moment in our season,” co-captain Vanessa Lavely said...
...action follows gut-wrenching hearings last month filled with stories of teen suicides. The agency took pains last week to say there are no studies showing that antidepressants actually cause people to take their lives, but decided to err on the side of caution. Given the risks involved, that's probably not a bad idea. --With reporting by Saundra Young/Washington...