PC Mag...again

Hey! I have an author bio on PC Mag now. Everything I write for them will be archived right here.

http://www.pcmag.com/author-bio/jordan-minor

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That's where I'm working for a while. Look out for my articles!

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Why Did I Eat This?: McDonald's Mighty Wings

I’m living in New York City now, home of countless wonderful little authentic restaurants. I’ll get to those later though. This post is about McDonald’s new chicken wings.


-How weird is the idea of McDonald’s food with bones? Not even the elusive McRib can claim that, just weird, bone-shaped portions of meat.

-The Mighty Wings name recalls the Mighty Kids meals, Happy Meals but aimed at nebulously older kids for some reason.

-They are big though, a lot of that is due to breading, but the breading is decent. I probably like more breading on fried chicken than most but this has a nice spice to it. Not Popeye’s level, or quality, of spice though.

-I was expecting an ocean of grease based on early reports so I was glad to discover it’s more like a mid-sized lake.

-I haven’t had chicken McNuggets in like a decade, but these wings basically taste like how I remember those tasting. That’s not good.

-Even with the included buffalo sauce, these aren’t really Buffalo wings. They’re just subpar, typical McDonald’s fried chicken now with bones in them. As a proud member of #TeamBoneless nothing about that is appealing.

The fact of the matter is, the only chicken creations from a non-chicken-focused fast food place that were ever any good were the Burger King chicken fries. Their unjust demise continues to leave a gaping void in the culinary universe that these McDonald’s wings, despite their supposed “might,” can’t even begin to fill.


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Chicago's Gaming Renaissance

This in-depth feature story on Chicago's gaming scene is the big thing I've been working on for a while so I'm happy to share it with you all on Kotaku.

However, next week I'll be sharing another big career announcement.

Here's this Metroid/ Daft Punk thing I made

Also news on my future online whereabouts is coming soon.

148 Apps: How Jordan Joined the Press

I wrote this weirdly personal essay about iPhone games and journalism. Enjoy! http://www.148apps.com/news/app-store-anniversary-jordan-joined-press/

The New Normal

If it wasn't obvious before, regular updates on this blog are pretty much done. If you've still been following it thanks for the support. It's been fun. Stick around though. I'll be posting whatever big new things I'm up to on the internet like cool articles, stuff from my awesome secret Fall internship, and, of course, episodes of Followers premiering in the coming weeks.

Stay tuned

-Jordan