Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette Blogs

Try as I might to be on the cutting edge of all things pop culture and technology, sometimes I’m a little late to the party.

And in the case of developer Zach Gage’s insanely addictive word game, SpellTower, my tardiness might have something to with my apathy toward mobile games.

I didn’t play any of the seemingly hundreds of iterations of Angry Birds. Or Temple Run. Or Fruit Ninja. Or Plants vs. Zombies.

I never envisioned myself living in the South.

And I certainly didn't imagine myself liking it this much.

Having spent most of my childhood in the tundra-like landscape of western New York and my adolescence and college years in Indiana, I had grown accustomed to a certain kind of lifestyle. One that didn't include sweet tea, a grammatically problematic conjunction that combined "you" and "all," and temperatures that make a sauna feel drafty.

A pretty awesome/gross promo for The Walking Dead. 

A Charleston startup hits its Kickstarter goal in just four days.

Are personalized Pez dispensers on the way?