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This collection of odd vehicles brings up some game ideas.
National Geographic, a magazine that requires no introduction, has compiled a gallery of odd and weird vehicals. Some of them are just more advanced versions of ones we know and love like the high speed magnetic bullet train, but there are some gems, like my personal favourite the revolutionary war
Women who play online games have sex more often than non-gamers.
A new survey shows that women who play online games have more sex than woman who don’t, a statistic that has already started many awkward conversations in your World of Warcraft guild. The same survey, published in VentureBeat (with a handy infographic), shows that a majority of online gamers are wo
Why bankers and game developers don’t get along
iPhone game developer Oli Christie has given up trying to get banks to help fund his games, The Independent reports. Christie, founder of Neon Play, says that banks just don’t understand the games industry, dissuading developers from trying to get funding. “Banks don’t tend to have a category for vi
Southern Rap Map #5: Pill
In today’s installment of the Rap Map, we chat with Pill, the Atlanta trap-rapper signed to Rick Ross’s Maybach Music Group, discussing his favorite games, what a Pill videogame might look like, and he divulges that Rick Ross owns an Atari. Seriously. Pill, are you a gamer? Yeah, I game here and the
Count down to Christmas with 25 holiday themed mini-games.
Remember that calendar you made in elementary school to count down the days until Christmas? Well, kirkjerk.com has dedicated to posting one Yule-themed mini-game a day to help you relive those childhood memories. It’s a fine way to get in the spirit, in case seeing It’s A Wonderful Life on network
Outside the (X) box: Can brain-scans account for our understanding of art?
How do videogames change from things that we generally think of as distractions and become something closer to film, music, or poetry? One view is that we expand the definition of art, so that it includes disciplines like the sciences. However, as the Heideggerian opinion of Alva Noë, a philosopher
PAUSE: Turn your N64 into a handheld console.
I can’t speak to how well this newfound form for Nintendo’s classic gaming console works, or how ergonomic the whole “handheld” component might prove to be, but the good folks over at slightlywarped.com have found an interesting way to resolve the compatibility issues older gamers wrestle with. So i
Beautiful distances: A map of population density is part Dwarf Fortress, part Civilization.
The data visualization firm Fantom have managed to turn the dull (well, at least to most) topic of population density into a visually interesting map. Continents are made up of dots corresponding to population density. The eastern seaboard is filled with tiny bright balls each representing a dense p
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