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Kickstarter of the Day: "Monster Guru" could be a smarter, prettier Pokemon game for your iPhone.
“Monster Guru” has some lofty ambitions. According to Gimo Games: Monster Guru enables players to capture and train monsters in a beautiful, expansive environment all the while discovering the secrets hidden behind the game’s complex and engaging story. With a smart geolocation feature, some pretty
World of Warcraft player is the "in-game eyes" of his blind friend.
Even though Ben Shaw “suffered multiple shrapnel wounds and had to have both of his eyes surgically removed” while serving in Iraq, he is still an active World of Warcraft player, thanks to his own determination and the constant assistance of his fellow guild member. An interview at WoW Insider told
PAUSE: Two computers walk into a bar. One says to the other…
Q: What’s 1 divided by 998,001? A:… Turns out that it’s every number from 000 to 999 in sequential order… except 998. Except 998!! If you were a computer, you’d find this HILARIOUS. Trust me. -Jason Johnson [via It’s Okay to be Smart]
Studies show playing games makes kids more creative.
A recent study by Linda Jackson says that gaming is actually positively linked to creativity. A study of nearly 500 12-year-olds found that the more kids played video games, the more creative they were in tasks such as drawing pictures and writing stories. So go buy your kid sister Scribblenauts, ok
Zynga is on the hunt for the next Words with Friends. Could it be Bingo?
Zynga is taking advantage of their platform to do more than promote themselves. They have announced a new Bingo game going in to beta soon that will draw players from throughout Facebook, allowing everyone to play together in massive games. The company has made a lot of money through leveraging the
PAUSE: Matt Parker’s Lumarca is the best Kinect hack we’ve seen yet [and pays homage to Loom!]
I stopped by Eyebeam last night for the closing party for Lumarca, the new digital work and “volumetric display) by outgoing Eyebeam fellow Matt Parker. (We’ve got more from him in the news department so stayed tuned!) Working more than six years with partner with Albert Hwang, Lumarca is an interac
Can Starcraft 2 make you a better multi-tasker?
When did the image of the chessplayer become synonymous with Machiavellian scheming and cunning? We don’t bestow the same reverence to talented Risk players, or to Bridge champions, even those are (arguably) more intricate games. Scientists have even shown that the only thing that being good at ches
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