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Jennifer Daniel

Jennifer Daniel
TMN Contributing Artist Jennifer Daniel is not famous. Maybe-definitely Brooklyn’s best totally unknown illustrator, she divides her time between art directing at The New York Times and her one-woman design studio, where she specializes in awesome. Occasionally award-winning, her work has been printed in many fancy publications.

Second Place Is First to Lose

The current war between console makers is bloody, and sides must be chosen. Concluding his series on the video games that have formed him, TODD LEVIN looks to the next generation. (Consoles I Have Known | August 21, 2008)

Tilt

In his fifth tour through modern gaming, TODD LEVIN looks back to the dot-com boom years when money grew on trees, dreams were cast, and happiness could be delivered via Urbanfetch. (Consoles I Have Known | June 4, 2008)

Praystation

Continuing his series on the games that made him a man, TODD LEVIN discovers Chinatown’s black market for gaming, and risks his dating life and his career for long nights of back-alley entertainment. (Consoles I Have Known | April 9, 2008)

Three Thousand Head-Butts

Strong men also play video games: TODD LEVIN continues his memoir of gaming systems with the Sega Genesis, and the story of how a young depressed man became a bear, dragon, tiger, and man-wolf. (Consoles I Have Known | March 4, 2008)

The Most Competitive Man Alive

Continuing his saga through the gaming systems that formed him, TODD LEVIN recounts the lessons found in his first Nintendo, particularly as taught by the highs and lows of Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out. (Consoles I Have Known | January 31, 2008)

A Very Weird and Blocky Future

How many video games does it take to make a man? TODD LEVIN begins an epic new series to trace his life in gaming systems. Part one: paddles to jump-start your heart, and the end-all, be-all red fire button. (Consoles I Have Known | January 9, 2008)


TODAY’S FEATURE

God Save the Queen From You Chumps

Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, Englishman JONATHAN BELL defends his nation against a cursing student of Anglo-Saxons.

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The Mommy Wars

Non-Expert Jessica Francis Kane leads her followers into the battle of the playground.

THE FOOTNOTES TOO

Infinite Summer

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DIGEST

No Take Backs

Recently unmasked producer Burial joins his old schoolmate Four Tet on a cryptically released 12-inch. The result is two post-rock peregrinations sure to set your perceptions on edge.