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This seven year-old’s idea for the next Batman game is amazing
Who says that great game ideas have to come from professionals, or even adults? A seven year-old named Quincy recently emailed his plan for the next Batman title to Bitmob. The full text of his letter is below: I am Quincy and am 7 years old. I have ideas or suggestions for new batman game. Entitled
A slick animated documentary on Stuxnet has an Alpha Protocol vibe
I love the wireframe machine guns. Source: Patrick Clair. -Jason Johnson
Arab/Israeli tensions play out over chess tournament
While the Cold War was raging, many folks turned onto chess and matches between the Soviets and the Americans were seen as extensions of the conflict. Even today, political struggles play out over the chessboard. At a recent tournament Iranian Grandmaster Eshan Ghaem Maghami refused to play Israeli
Hands off the Xbox, granny
A brawl broke out among Black Friday shoppers at a Wal-Mart in an affluent neighborhood in LA. According to a bizarre and frightening account in the Los Angeles Times, videogames were the cause of the fracas. Lopez said that by the time he arrived at the video games, the display had been torn down.
PAUSE: Ah, the quiet beauty of seeing hundreds of Hondas submerged in water
When the robots take the planet over, they will make a videogame celebrating these images. More here. [via]
The pixel art of Susan Kare made Apple’s computers personal
A recent blog post by Steve Silberman admired the sketchbook of Susan Kare, the artist responsible for all those classic Macintosh icons. Kare’s sketches played a big role in making computers more friendly for everybody, as illustrated by her iconic smiling Mac. The genius of Steve Jobs, Jef Raskin
Scientists will climb a mountain just to play multiplayer games
Perhaps on a quest to roleplay a Mountain Dew commercial, a group of computer scientists in Malaysia are hoping to climb Mount Kinabalu and set up a LAN party. This would enable the 12 person team to play an online game against each other, and quietly ignore the majesty and wonder the mountain’s sum
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