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April 12, 2011, 11:00 am
A dramatic re-envisioning of Angry Birds as Hitchcock-ian thriler…. “Alfred Hitchcock’s Angry Birds“, by Zero-Lives.”
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April 12, 2011, 11:00 am
Behold! Sheet music for the original coin sound from Super Mario Bros.
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Surprise, Surprise: Apparently, We Really Only Use the iPad for Games.
The iPad does many, many things, but according to a new survey, it’s used mostly as a game device. Perhaps this is why Nintendo sees Apple as an “enemy of the future.” Looks to us like the enemy’s already at the gates: According to the survey, 84% of tablet owners play games, ahead of even searching
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Technology Comes to Masters via iPad app, 3D Live Stream
Despite golf’s image of being decidedly low-tech (on the electronics side), the Masters has been making a big move towards bringing the sport into the digital age. There are 8 different live feeds to the website including one in 3D as well as an upcoming iPad app. The Masters’ chairman describes the
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Augmented Reality Shirt Lets You "Play" With Your Heart, 3DS
Videogame apparel company Level Up Studios has just introduced this “unreal” new project to complement their other t-shirt designs. One astute YouTube commenter predicted that a lot of genitalia will be making their way onto these things. Progress comes at a cost, sadly. via
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April 11, 2011, 1:00 pm
“Culture arises and unfolds in and as play.” — Johan Huizinga
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April 11, 2011, 12:30 pm
Pause: The Pixel Art of Andy Helms [via oktotally]
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Videogames can aid in stroke recovery
For those who’ve suffered from stroke, there may be new hope. A report in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association suggests that games can help patients regain arm strength. “Recent research indicates the brain has a remarkable potential for remodelling because after injury it shows neurop
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Zombie trailer + Icelandic composer = iTunes track
Remember that Dead Island trailer for a couple weeks back? The one with the lilting strings? We’re not huge fans of hype around trailers, but if you haven’t watched this one, you should. Anyway, it was the handiwork of Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds, a eminently talented and tow-headed young man
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World of Warcraft gold farmer, spit boy, alewife ranked as worst jobs ever performed
We know there are many bad jobs in the world. (Major website videogame intern may be one of them, in fact.) Lapham’s Quarterly has gone ahead and done the legwork for the worst jobs ever created. These include such glorious distinctions Viking egg-collector, the poor people in Tokyo who push crowde
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April 9, 2011, 1:07 pm
PAUSE: Sachin Teng.
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A peace offering to Kratos, website shows history of war in snazzy interactive fashion
An exemplar of pure dedication to military history or a love sacrifice to the God of War, Conflict History is exactly as it seems. (It’s Friday. We’re straightforward.) For Civilization nuts, this a perfect way to compare your plans of world domination to those of glorious yesterday. Scroll through