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The Times has a lovely obit written by Luke DuBois for Max Matthews, the arch-father of computer music: When Max died in April at the age of 84 he left a world where the idea that computers make sound is noncontroversial; even banal. In 2011, musicians make their recordings using digital audio work
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A videogame in development can be used by speech therapists in their rehabilitation work. It’s developed by Algoma Games for Health. Read about it here.
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Not much else to say about this. The study conducted by MocoSpace found gender and time spent playing to be somewhat equal. But: However, it’s the virtual goods sales that show a major difference. 69 percent of men buy virtual goods, while only 31 percent of women do. In fact, MocoSpace found that 9
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The highly photorealistic CryEngine 3 will be used for the U.S. Army’s next training game, following America’s Army. The goal is to create an incredibly realistic simulator for up to four soldiers to train in simultaneously, with each getting a 10-by-10-foot area to move around in while wearing a b
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Echoes of medical history and high-concept Scandinavian pop bands aside, the Finger-Nose Stylus demonstrates a heightened understanding of our bodies’ hidden computing potential. Check it out here.
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John Graham-Cunning’s Cansole is a gaming console inside of a candy can. Guilty pleasures unite! Check it out here.
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A Vancouver company has found an ingenious way to turn illegal uploading of content into a legitimate business for content holders. Companies like EA and the NBA hire Shahrzad Rafati’s company BroadbandTV to replace illegal uploads with legal versions of the same clip. It’s more graceful and profita
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Over at the Brainy Gamer, Michael Abbott reflects on how games complicate our visions of personal identity and ask to inquire deeper questions about ourselves. I’ve begun to understand that I value games because they function as meditations on becoming. When I step back and consider what’s in this f
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PAUSE: All Battlefield 3 tanks should be wrapped in pink yarn like this one. [via]
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Kiwi university student Joe Ling used a $400 graphics card to discover orphan planets in the universe. No word if the card rendered the ghosts of noobs slain in battle.: Without the gaming card it would take hundreds of computers to configure the information and cost thousands of dollars, Mr Ling sa