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Usually when a new piece of technology enters our existence, we don’t think “Hey, how can I remember this forever.” But I guess we’re weird. Above is a 3DS augmented reality tattoo that this young man will have to explain for the rest of his life when the handheld console becomes obselete, as all
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From Wikipedia: Captain Richard Koll, left, and Airman 1st Class Mike Eulo perform function checks after launching an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle August 7 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Captain Koll, the pilot, and Airman Eulo, the sensor operator, will handle the Predator in a radius of approxi
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We know mainstream videogame news can be a lot. We did the heavy lifting. Here’s the haps: –Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata orates on the emergence of tablets, social games, and the weaknesses of the Wii. –US Congress is questioning Sony about the PlayStation Network hack. Also, Sony Online Entertainment re
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A team from Michigan State University has built a game to help kids in Cambodia avoid land mines. More than 4 million land mines still litter the SE Asian country. From the LA Times: “I think it’s fun, and it teaches me to be more careful,” said Chob Sopheak, 14, a tester in Phnom Penh whose neighbo
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Skynet was days ago, but that doesn’t mean the future of machines has halted. This is pretty cool — a “code-bending” instrument that allows for novel manipulation: Video games can play other video games. Music synthesizers can control word processors. Feedback loops turn everyday software tropes int
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We forget sometimes that videogames are part of a larger rubric of play, but these observations on how baseball “evolved” from Tim Carmody over at Snarkmarket are dead-on. You could probably make a similar argument about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: And every difference between early baseball and t
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PAUSE: Mario loses his head. [via]
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Five very angry avians. David Boni made this graphic for us and we popped it in the store!
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A new study about fish speciation suggests that human brain stimulation can have evolutionary consequences. Brain stimulation, eh? You mean like Portal 2. From io9: The elephantfish, like a few other creatures who live in cloudy water, communicates via weak electrical signals. Using a special organ
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“The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.” — writer G.K. Chesterton