Three Hundred Miles to Bust: Handshake Takes On Pai Gow
Here’s something to file under “do as I say, not as I do”: Don’t drive 300 miles to play Pai Gow at a Connecticut casino without first understanding at least the basics of the game. Otherwise, you’ll...
View ArticleZiplines: A Secret Agent’s Best Friend
HUNTER, N.Y. – Top-level Handshake agents, or any special operative, must have building-to-building capability. Unfortunately, flying powers are tough to come by in this economy, especially with the...
View ArticleNow Serving: Lord of the Rings, Live
Handshake just returned from a three-day military embed with Ragnarok, the biggest live-action boffer battle game in the U.S. of A. This isn’t D&D live. It is a real-life butt-kicking with...
View ArticleVideo Games Vs. Basketball: Which Are More Violent?
Last night, the Los Angeles Lakers won their 16th NBA Championship title. After the victory, thousands of fans started rioting in the streets. They turned cars over, set things on fire. The city most...
View ArticleNew feature: Five steps to starting a career in corporate espionge
Want to pull a Gizmodo, but with far more sophistication? Handshake‘s Garrick Otero shows you how in our new feature.
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The September issue of Handshake magazine
Here it is. The September issue of Handshake magazine. So much to read. So much to do. Cory Doctorow. Bionics. Legos. Puzzles. Missions. Accordions. Finding love in the age of the Internet. There’s...
View ArticleWhere you should go at ComicCon quiz
ComicCon is halfway done and maybe you don’t know what to do today. Since our friends at io9 already made a ComicCon flowchart, we at Handshake decided a quiz would be the next logical step…well maybe...
View ArticleJourney into C2E2’s second day
The Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo, the Second City’s own geek pilgrimage festival, takes place this weekend and fans from all around have flocked to the many events filled with too much to do...
View ArticleChina Miéville talks to Handshake about the ‘endless, accelerated cycle of...
Last week at C2E2, I was very fortunate to run into the incredibly talented and humble British author China Miéville after his spotlight presentation, which included a reading of his upcoming book...
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