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This is exciting. That means things like Cory Arcangel’s upcoming Whitney show “Pro Tools” or the work of Feng Mengbo (above) could see some new funding sources. Gamasutra reports: The National Endowment for the Arts, a U.S. government agency that offers funding for art projects and exhibitions, is
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“Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.” — inventor Roger von Oech
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It can be tough to keep up with videogame news, so we’re helping out. Here’s what you need to know. –Mass Effect 3 is delayed. -Naughty Dog’s Amy Henning dishes on writing Uncharted 3. -EA preps for the worst with the NFL lockout. –StarCraft II gets the papercraft treatment. -More than 100 million R
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This first aired during The Carol Burnett Show.
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A Japanese lab has created a device (above) that can simulate the feeling of kiss — transmitted digitally: “This device is for communications within the mouth, in other words, the goal is to obtain the feeling of kissing.” “If you take one device in your mouth and turn it with your tongue, the other
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This is the future — wherein the greatest minds of our generation use natural language processing to create a program that adds “That’s What She Said” as a punchline. Michael Scott would be proud: Automating this process means identifying sentences that contain potential euphemisms and follow a part
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Mainstream videogame news is hard to keep pace with so we do the heavy lifting for you. Here’s your cheat sheet: –Soccer videogames cause more aggression than first-person shooters do. -Wii drops in price to $150 including Mario Kart Wii and steering wheel. -Sony hires security consultants to track
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I’ve been to Marshfield. It is a quaint seaside, South Shore town in Massachusetts with lobster and golden retrievers. It does not, however, have videogames in public. That’s why after 29 years, they’re voting to see if they’d like to reinstate them in restaurants and other public places. Here’s a c
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Basement dwellers? Hardly! A new study from UT-Dallas looked at server logs and player interactions in EverQuest II and found that the game was making people more social, not less. But you probably knew that… [via, img]
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A new fundraising website allows donors to make their own artwork from 120 different artists. [via]
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A team of Golden Axe fans have created a new version of the game available for download for PC. You should probably grab it now as it’s likely to get the ol’ cease and desist any minute now. [via]
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The military has seen is future and it is smartphone: In addition, the Army recently held a contest for soldiers to determine who could develop the best smartphone app. Among the apps now available on an Army Web site: bugle calls, body fat calculator, Army creeds, sniper awareness and capture avoid