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PAUSE: You want to find these scrapped spacecraft designs in Mass Effect 3.
Wired has compiled a bunch of conceptual drawings and prototypes of spacecrafts that, for one reason or another, sadly never became reality. My favorite is this beaut from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. which “was based on ideas from the rocket pioneer Werner Von Braun.” Sigh. I miss the S
New light shed on how our brains adapt to stress (or Dark Souls).
Ever wonder how you harness all that stress behind the controller? There might be an answer in the near future. Scientists have uncovered a new mechanism that enables greater study into the little-known world of stress and the brain. Using “mouse and zebrafish model systems,” researchers are now abo
The New Girl: Games should be taking cues from Hollywood’s trend of stronger, raunchier females.
The past year has seen the rise of a new breed of leading lady: the foul-mouthed, dirty, yet smart and confident female worthy of the spotlight. In Hollywood, this new character is drawing in audiences, particularly with the Judd Apatow-produced hit Bridesmaids of last summer. Sundance has also embr
PAUSE: A playground fit for Tony Hawk.
My new favorite blog is Playscapes which is all about playground design. These were designed by Danish playground design firm Kompan. –Jamin Warren [img]
Positive psychology, the future of games, and cinematic "Zoloft"
It is understood that not everything in art and entertainment falls into the same mold- that’s what makes every piece of work unique. But with a recent NY Times article talks about a Hollywood producer’s application of positive psychology to film, could such notions be applied to games as well? Thro
Lana Del Rey, pop, and video games: treading the uncanny valley.
What has bloggers abuzz about the internet phenomena Lana Del Rey nowadays isn’t so much her downbeat pop songs such as Video Games, but her real life storyor lack thereof. The internet has been up in arms at how she once took a far less successful stab at fame as Lizzy Grant, an entirely differen
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