Kill Screen Staff
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June 12, 2011, 5:36 pm
PAUSE: A street art dog should get some Minecraft love. [Via]
Why everyone who loves sound in videogames should mourn Max Matthews
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
Learning to speak through play.
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.
Men outspend women on virtual goods.
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
More realism for the U.S. Army’s training games…
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
Nose control for your phone.
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.
Can do games in a can of candy.
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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