Video Did you ever use a fingerboard as a teen? I did and I’m glad Australian company Penny Skateboards has captured that in a flick-flipping side-scroller called Penny Time, made by IV Motion with a thumping soundtrack from Brisbanite Hunz. It’s somewhere between Bit.Trip Runner and Canabalt, a run
NY Times best-selling writer and Stargate: Universe creative consultant John Scalzi takes a modern RPG approach to social justice. What ensues is satirical, “Eat the Poor”-esque essay on white privilege: Okay: In the role playing game known as The Real World, “Straight White Male” is the lowest diff
Patrick Runte’s photographs are what arcade cabinets dream about at night. The series is called “JumpNRun.” [via PSFK]
People often complain that there isn’t enough to play on the Wii, but if you missed Rhythm Heaven Fever, the followup to 2009’s Nintendo DS title, it’s worth waggling your controllers again. Unlike most music games that require complicated arrangements of button combinations, Rhythm Heaven Fever is
Video Mind over matter? A team of researchers have demonstrated that humans with severe brain injuries can operate machines. Cathy Hutchinson has been unable to move her own arms or legs for 15 years. But using the most advanced brain-machine interface ever developed, she can steer a robotic arm to
