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Leave a story in the mysterious, ASCII world of New York City.
Last night found the Kill Screen crew at the Winter show for NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. The bi-annual event is a showcase for the semester’s projects and can often provide a look into the future of technology. (Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley was a grad.) While the phrase “b
What can game design learn from a fourth-generation eyewear manufacturer?
“What design does best is accelerate the adoption of new ideas,” opines Yves Behar of Fuseproject (who you might know from the One Laptop Per Child/NYC Condom projects) in the newest episode of PBS Arts’ Off Book. Nothing could be more up the alley for those who love and make games! This episode lo
Google’s Facebook page transformed into digital playground by Redditors
The Next Web reports that a few savvy redditors discovered that a few unsavvy internet users have been trying to search for things on Google’s Facebook page (the aforementioned www.facebook.com/Google), and decided to help them out, posting links that they might be interested in. This eventually led
FLASHBACK OF THE DAY: Hope you have a red potion handy.
Chogrin with some classic Zelda-inspired pictures that remind us why we always tried to keep our hearts full-so that damn beeping would stop. [img: PencilMayhem]
SIMS GLITCH OF THE DAY: Marvels of medical science expansion
Today’s Sims glitch showcases the addition of parasitic Sims growing out of other Sims.
What’s in a name? Why we’re giving new technologies more human namesakes..
Here’s something Microsoft and Sony should start chewing on before announcing new devices. Laura Wattenberg, writer for Slate and purveyor of BabyNameWizard.com recently talked about the rising trend of bestowing more human names on our technology, focusing specifically on Apple’s newest handheld cy
