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The next leap in movie tech may come from games
Douglas Trumbull knows a lot about special effects in film. From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Blade Runner to last year’s Tree of Life, he has helped create some of the most memorable and important effects in cinema. But he’s not happy with the state of today’s film technology. People are watching TV. K
Married couples who play MMORPGs together, stay together.
Next Valentine’s Day, really express your love not with a bouquet of flowers, but with the latest World of Warcraft edition. Via a recent Brigham Young University study, researchers have found that married couples who both engage in MMORPGs, like, of course, World of Warcraft. The study first surve
Play of the Day: Captain Commander wages 8 bit warfare.
Captain Commander, produced by Pixeljam, is Adult Swim’s newest flash game. Take control of the next great galactic military hero – Captain Commander. Blast your way across an alien planet and rescue captured soldiers from an abundance of uncomfortable probing. The Captain is proficient with guns,
With growing memory enhancement in technology, how will we adapt to challenge?
With so many advances in memory storage, it is reasonable to wonder whether we’ll ever forget anymore. From daunting Facebook timelines to the iCal reminder function to USB drives galore, you’d think everyone would be equipped with flawless robotic memory. Well, we’re coming close to it anyway. An
It’s here! The Smithsonian’s The Art of Video Games.
In case you missed it, The Art of Video Games, a Smithsonian exhibition, is a month away. The exhibition installation is underway ad progress is viewable Flickr. The exhibition focuses on the interplay of graphics, technology and storytelling through some of the best games for twenty gaming systems
Kickstarter of the Day: Project resembles a quasi-1960s clock straight out of Bioshock.
Does the constant pushing back of Bioshock: Infinite have you itching for your next Steampunk fix? Have you longed for your time to be displayed out of “new-old-stock Soviet Union nixie tubes?” Behold, an alarm clock seemingly straight from everyone’s favorite Cold War-era underwater city. You even
Dan Flavin exhibition teaches us to draw inspiration from anywhere possible.
The Morgan Library & Museum’s exhibition Dan Flavin: Drawing, is yet another example of how video games can relate to different forms of art. Most are only familiar with Flavin’s light installations. The exhibition however shows us the value of a sketch and the amount of material an artist is drawn
Morning Cheat Sheet 2/17/12: "Journey" release date, weather balloon games, XBOX codename "Durango" and new "Gears of War" DLC.
Wake up and smell the Journey! -The gorgeous-looking Journey will be on the PSN on March 13. -Are developers ditching the Vita in favor of the 3DS? Sony thinks not. -EA is launching 6 weather balloons with copies of Mass Effect 3 into the atmosphere. –Gears of War 3 gets some extras on March 27. -T
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