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Watch the Prince roll up some richly deserved vengeance in this Katamari parody
Videogame parodist freddiew demonstrates what happens when you mess with the Prince. –Lana Polansky [via]
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Cheat Sheet 7/20: Man City Football Club has partnered with EA, Serious Sam 3 devs want your graffiti art.
Refresh yourself with some more mainstream videogame news! -Capcom has confirmed Mega Man Legends 3 is no more. -Manchester City Football Club is kicking the ball around with EA Sports. -Cliff Bleszinski explains why Marcus Fenix has daddy issues, among other things. –Silent Hill composer Akira Ya
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PAUSE: Photography-themed Rube Goldberg Machine makes us say "cheese"
Photography, Mario and Mouse Trap come together in this wild Rube Goldberg Machine brought to us by 2D Photography Inc. –Lana Polansky [via]
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LucasArts, eat your heart out over this student project
No need to look twice; we assure you, this is real. And it’s a student project to boot. Did we already say that? No matter, because Arthur Nishimoto and the rest of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory team at the University of Illinois at Chicago have earned bragging rights for their TacTile tou
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This Videogame Tribute Has Something to do with Chicken, I Guess?
You may not realize this, but the absolute best venue for an extensive retro videogame tribute is the marquee of a Chicken Charlie’s at the fair. Starring a protagonist that looks weirdly like Star Fox’s Falco, this extensive montage features him shooting lasers, grabbing rings, and rescuing a Peach
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Cheat Sheet 7/19: PS3 3D gaming gets more real, EA Sports opens facility in Austin, TX
Let’s speed through some more mainstream videogame news! 3, 2, 1, GO! -Forget simple PS3 3D gaming. Think more along the lines of virtual reality headsets. -Director Neil Burger is departing from David O. Russell’s Uncharted story departure. -Get some new details on Minecraft for Xbox 360. -But k
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Why videogames may not be the sturdiest research tools
Psychology and videogames are tightly bound together on various levels —one of them being how scientific data gathered from videogame-related studies are manipulated and interpreted by the videogame industry to create and market psychologically appealing games. But Stephen Fairclough, blogger for th
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X-Ray Specs View Emotions, Boredom
Ever wonder what exactly your friend, or boss, was thinking while you talked to them? If Rosalind Picard has her way, soon you’ll be able to find out. Picard is a Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT. Together with Rana el Kalioby, a research scientist who gave a TED lecture in June 2010 tit
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Oregan State University researchers consider making Pip-Boy a real thing
Ultrawideband—or UWB—technology could possibly save your life: that is, if researchers can figure out how to create an energy efficient, portable, wireless device which can monitor your vital signs. But a research paper authored by researchers at Oregon State University says that this is entirely po
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The Royal Australian Navy is now on the training game bandwagon
It has become something of a trend: countries using sim games as part of their military training. Australia has now joined the ranks of the U.S., China, Taiwan et al. with REFINE (Real-time Engineering Fleet training Interactive Naval Environment). The sim is being used by the Royal Australian Navy
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Chicago Troupe Brings Burlesque to the Mushroom Kingdom
Five-year-olds in 1986 are now thirty. And with the recent revival of burlesque dancing sweeping through urban centers and college towns, it was only a matter of time until childhood memories overlapped with the more mature pursuits of adulthood. Last fall, the Gorilla Tango Theatre in Bucktown, a n
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Cheat Sheet 7/18: Meet Mass Effect 3’s new human, New screens, trailers abound, Videogame sales fall again
Collect some mainstream videogame news, without the hassle! –Check out these new screens for BloodRayne: Betrayal. -Get a look at the new Bastion trailer. -See the creative process behind the upcoming Tomb Raider title. -Videogame sales are on a down-spin for the second month in a row. -Enjoy th