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How the elderly benefit from regularly playing Bingo.
So your grandparents’ idea of gaming is Sunday night Bingo at the community center? Don’t knock it: This may be important for their mental health. ScienceDaily recently ran an article on how playing Bingo aids those who are aging, particularly individuals with dementia, Alzheimer’s, or Parkinson’s
Play with light using PRISMA 1666.
It makes sense that, in an age of LCDs, we find ourselves able to mold light much like we would clay. Tim Barribeau writes: PRISMA 1666 is an installation named after and inspired by Sir Isaac Newton’s famous experiments in 1666 on the refraction of light through crystals. First exhibited at the Int
PAUSE: It looks like "truth in advertising" has struck again.
Ever notice how old games couldn’t quite match the visual flair of their covers? Mighty God King uses Photoshop to make these old Atari games tell the truth. My personal favorite is the Tim Curry poster. His role in Toonstruck just wasn’t enough. – Josiah Harrist [news and image via Mighty God King]
Target practice is better with zombie targets THAT BLEED.
Worried that late nights with Left 4 Dead hasn’t properly prepared you for a zombie outbreak, should a The Walking Dead uprising go down? Nothing screams safety like a semi-automatic rifle and these gory zombie targets, which according to the seller BLEEDS when you shoot it!!! [and] can be shot more
This Skyrim mod eases the pain of soul-crushing menus.
Feeling weighed down by the bulk of Skyrim’s clunky inventory system? Do you find yourself wishing that the system would get out of your way and just let you play? SkyUI, a new Skyrim user interface mod, lets you get closer to what makes the game special: the moments… when you are walking on a cobb
Curious what Japanese devs played the most in 2011?
Mostly Dark Souls, games from the West, and iPhone games, according to a survey of 80 key industry figures in Japan. Here’s a rundown of the noteworthy: Keiji Inafune, creator of Megaman and long time Capcom bigwig, was still enamored with Angry Birds. Fumito Ueda, the director who bore the lavish I
Give this live performance of Bastion’s Americana ballad a listen.
Supergiant Games has posted a impromptu performance of Build That Wall, a song from Bastion’s acoustic Americana soundtrack. A throwback to action-RPGs of the early 90s, Bastion, and its soundtrack, were well-recieved this year. Audio director Darren Korb and vocalist Ashley Barrett perform a soulfu
Turn your Minecraft sculptures into actual sculptures.
Wish the fruits of your labor in Minecraft existed outside the computer screen. Now there is a way to make your creations tangible. Shapeways, a company that specializes in printing 3D objects (think Spread Shirt for paper-crafts) allows you to print out your characters, structures, and for the righ
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