Today on Kill Screen, we talk to Rutgers epidemiologist Nina Fefferman about her research on a real outbreak of a disease known as “Corrupted Blood” that ravaged the community about five years ago. Below, two excerpts on the utility of studying online communities and another on griefing: All told, h
This may be a fad, but oh well, there are a handful of 3DS photoblogs bopping around Tumblr that take advantage of the devices GIF-making ability. The shot above comes from Fuck Yeah 3DS Photography. Brandon Boyer, Mare Odomo, and Cory Schmitz made another called Wigglevision. Any others?
When you want a kick, there are several tried and true methods. Some people use caffeine. Others use exercise. But some people respond to the direct application of electricity to the brain, at least according to a new story in Nature: Last year a succession of volunteers sat down in a research lab i
Oldie but Goodie: The Pixel Art of Junior Senior’s “D-D-Don’t Stop The Beat” (via)
World’s Biggest Pac-Man! agentmlovestacos: This is actually pretty rad. It’s a community-driven, worldwide Pac-Man project. Users create their own boards, upload them and they’re then connected to other boards. Anyone can start playing on any board. Instead of transferring from top to bottom or righ
The Morning News has a fascinating piece on a chain of theme parks called KidZania that allow kids to role-play a variety of jobs. The crazy part is that it’s all corporately sponsored as a way to get children interested in what big brands have to offer: Children can play surgeon, detective, journal
IN A GIF: A Super Nintendo twitch.
UK company Myndplay has created a technology to allow viewers to change the outcome of the film based on their thoughts. The connection between this and games seems promising: In the films the viewer takes the role of the protagonist. They can achieve positive outcomes for their character if they ac