The American military’s long and much-discussed use of videogames for training, public relations, and (arguably) recruitment strategies have reached a new level of immersive virtualization, Wired reports: “You design an avatar that has the individual facial features of a soldier,” James Blake, the A
Role-playing game tropes have ventured onto hipper ground, thanks to Troll Slayer by the Jullien Brothers, a music video that retells the classic videogame story of boy meets girl, monster steals girl, boy kills a bunch of skeletons and hairy beasts. One scene gave me a flashback of my sadistic tort
The PC’s position at the foreground of game development has been in question for some time now, as legends of game development such as John Carmack even admit that they’re no longer the “leading platform for games.” A recent post from Business Insider makes the situation look even more dire. PCs, t
To the late free jazz composer Sun Ra, space wasn’t merely the place, but a metaphorical stage where he could claim to be an alien from Venus, dress like an Egyptian god, and geek out to an “arkestra” of cosmic sounds. A similar assessment can be made of Jeff Minter’s universe. Like so many of Minte
Think about the most recent Taylor Swift album you listened to. Come on! We know you listen to a lot of Taylor Swift! If you’re like me and maintain some sort of vague interest in all things remotely pop music-oriented, you already know that Swift’s albums are all about her life. The recipe for a Ta
There’s been a lot of recent interest in developing coherent scientific theories on issues affecting urban planning and design, such as the logic of crowds. And while many aspects of the open-world experiences of games like L.A. Noire and Assassin’s Creed have been praised, this type of authenticity
After the disaster that was the Jawbone Up, Nike has thrown their hat in the ring in the world of life-counting wristband. This morning, the Beaverton titan announced the Nike+ FuelBand which will track all types of movement and use stats to keep you accountable. The popular Nike+ device has been a
This promo video for the Zurich Chamber Orchestra is somewhere between the thrills of Audiosurf and the fun-fun-fun compositions of Mario Paint. The production studio Virtual Republic notes: The notes and bars were exactly synchronised with the progression in the animation so that the typical moveme