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This is pretty cool. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Stockholm University have created a videogame that uses garbled speech to figure out how infants learn language: To uncover how spoken sounds are decoded, the research team designed a video game narrated in deliberately distorted
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Chair Entertainment’s iOS game about repetition and replay, which received a big multiplayer update this week, is a curious one to review. J. Nicholas Geist takes a stab or three at it. Infinity Blade may be a commentary on the grind of gaming, the relentless churn of killing and harvesting to gain
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This photo of camel thorn trees in Namibia is a photo. It’s not a screenshot from Outland. That orange backdrop? That’s a dune reflecting Namibia’s rising sun. And while the trees themselves look like etchings of a dream, they’re a very real part of one of the country’s largest national parks. It’s
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The new book covers, for classics like Planet of the Apes and The Call of Cthulhu, are viewed with 3D glasses that come enclosed. Read the rest here.
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This is a three-player chess board. That is all. Details and ordering info here.
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A photographer made these eye-popping photos for the Metro’s 76th anniversary. See the collection here.
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The somewhat cleverly titled MMOWGLI makes one rethink the phrase “strategy game.” Over 1,000 military and civilians will participate in MMOWGLI to come up with viable tactics for fighting Somali pirates. Those participating in MMOWGLI will play as members of the multinational anti-pirate task for
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Bumpy Road is one of those endless driving games you play while standing in line at Customer Service. It’s also a terrifically poignant love story. When enough bits are picked up, raising the fuel meter above a threshold, this triggers a temporary bonus section that shows the couple driving through
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Austin artist Shawn Smith has been using pixels for lots of his work including Vicious Venue (above). His statement: My recent work explores my interest in birds of prey as a source of conceptual inspiration and analogy. I am fascinated by vultures and the visceral way most people react to them. Fo
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This is pretty rad. Ralph Baer, creator of the first commercial videogame system, is giving his stuff to the Strong Museum of Play: Ralph Baer donated his collection of original diagrams, schematics, engineering notes and patents that show the scope of his work during the formative years of the burg
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Attention NYC: We’re throwing a party for the BLIP festival on Thursday night.
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