The Washingtonian has a fascinating profile of Gene Weingarten, the only person to have won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism twice. He’s the best journalist in America, and he also might be the craziest-he once lied to his son about having a dead sister to explain why he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.
Unlike the survival kit in a can, this zombie first aid kit is kind of dangerous. It comes inside a beer bottle that should be smashed open in case one comes in contact with a crowd of flesh-munching zombies. On the plus side, as pointed out in the bullet-points, broken beer bottles can be used to s
And no, not Air, the French duo who made Moon Safari-although that would be kind of cool. Instead, Swedish architect Bjarke Ingels is inverting the notions of a conventional university building design to allow for the building’s denizens (mostly medical students and scientific researchers) to have g
Defusing a bomb is a classic film trope used to create tension. DWFE, an artist collective, have decided to turn that idea into a full-blown (ha ha) installation. The participant is presented with two wires and precious little time. The goal is to close the gap between the image being presented and
We’ve all heard this one. Maybe from a friend of a friend who swears on his mother’s grave that it happened to his cousin’s buddy. The one about the arcade game that caused strange symptoms in its players, like epilepsy and driving folks to suicide. That men in black would come to collect the data a
While his prescience has long seen online gaming trends coming, the cyber-geek author Neal Stephenson doesn’t like to talk about it. Nor does it seem that he is particularly enthused about the Internet Age. [The] use of the vast resources of a networked world to play games with mortal stakes is a c
A few weeks back, some interesting photos surfaced of a possible lego theme inspired by the legendary indie game title Minecraft that finally saw its official release in November. The idea was posted on the Lego Cuusoo website, which allows fans to post ideas and vote on new Lego themes. Minecraft
Kill Screen will be hosting an event at the New Museum next week featuring contributions from figures across the videogame community including acclaimed artists, designers, and programmers. From the New Museum’s description of the event: When are games more than games? When they are communicating wi