So far, this is my favorite commercial of the year. (Brandiloquent.)
I agree with the Gadgetopia folks, this giant marionette is way too creepy.
From across the Web:
“We hate it, but, then again, we initially hated the last makeover too…”
Yeah, pretty much sums it up for me. (By the way, I didn’t cherry-pick; those are the top mentions on Technorati right now.) Generally, I don’t mind redesigns; I think I’m usually pretty good about detaching from my nostalgia for familiar layouts. But the new Slate aches my kidneys. It is so bad.
Chris Bateman at Only a Game continues to express cool ideas about games. And they remind me I have a post buried somewhere in my head about Inform 7.