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163-year-old Harper's Magazine now available for iOS
Harper's Magazine, the second-oldest magazine in the United States (Scientific American is the oldest), has finally come to the iPhone and iPad. The publication has been notoriously technology shy, but now readers can grab a digital subscription via Apple's Newsstand app. Experience the digital version of Harper's Magazine, the oldest continuously published general-interest monthly in America. Harper's explores the issues that drive our national conversation, through long-form narrative journalism and essays, and such celebrated features as the Harper's Index. With its emphasis on fine writing and original thought, Harper's provides readers with a unique perspective on politics, society, the environment, and culture. Many of the essays, fiction, and reporting in the magazine are written by promising new voices, while our archive includes some of the most distinguished names in American letters, among them Annie Dillard, Barbara Ehrenreich, Jonathan Franzen, Mary Gaitskill, and David Foster Wallace. Harper's also features award-winning photography and illustration from the likes of Lena Herzog, Samuel James, and Steve Mumford. Subscriptions cost US$21.99 per year for 12 monthly issues. Subscribers will also get web access to Harper's entire 163-year archive of past issues. If you don't want to subscribe, you can opt to check out a single issue for the price of $5.99. The app itself is a free download.
A song of trees and fire: A deeper look at DDO's Update 15
Earlier this week, Turbine released Update 15: Song of Druid's Deep for Dungeons and Dragons Online. Seeing as this was the first post-expansion update and that it took us further into the Forgotten Realms setting, we had to get a closer look at what Update 15 added to the game. Lead Content Designer Ricardo Liu and Community Manager Amanda Grove invited us along to a tour of the new content. Liu said that the speed of Update 15's arrival is a sign that Turbine wants to kick up the pace of releases. The update includes a new four-quest adventure pack, the monster manual, and an additional challenge. With Update 15, many more options are available in the DDO store. Turbine's set the pricing as follows: Menace of the Underdark adventure packs are 2495 Turbine Points for all, account-wide epic destiny unlock is 995 TP, the Eveningstar Challenge Pack is free for VIPs and 695 TP for others, and the Druid class is free for VIPs and 1495 TP for others. The pricing details out of the way, we got right into the fun of all of Update 15's new adventures. It's a tale that will give the green thumbs among you a plague of nightmares.
