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Odd Future’s Tyler, the Creator used videogames to teach himself how to skate
A segment of a larger Spin interview with Tyler, the Creator of Odd Future offered insight into his influences: When did you get your first skateboard? I was 12, I got a Blind. I had no one to skate with so it took me awhile to learn shit. Did you learn from watching videos? Pro Skater 4. It’s a fuc
Get dumped. Buy Master Chief suit.
What do you do when your girlfriend cheats on you with a guy who really likes Alkaline Trio? Well, you could cry about it, or you could sell the engagement ring you got for her on eBay and use the money to buy a really heavy, hyper-realistic suit of armor, just like Master Chief’s in Halo. Eventual
What can doors tell us about gaming?
Have you ever really noticed how doors govern out interactions within a space? Points of entry are something we never really think about until we don’t have any-remember when you played The Sims as a kid and accidentally boxed one of your Sims into a room without any doors? Having two entrances can
Playing videogames cures lazy eye in kids
According to a recent study, kids with lazy eye who played one hour of videogames a day, using only their weaker eye, were very likely to improve their vision. According to one of the participants, “Playing the shooting games while using just my weaker eye was hard at first, but after a few months
Is perfection even possible with sports games?
Colin McGowan over at the Guardian raises the question of whether videogames can ever get sports right. His primary target is on sound glitches with the commentary, but his criticism runs deeper. So when Alan Smith praises a striker’s poise after the ball has flown over crossbar, he shouts ‘You’re p
An ambulatory roller coaster makes waiting in line fun
The walkable, large outdoor sculpture Tiger & Turtle Magic Mountain is currently in construction on the Heinrich Hildebrand Höhe in Duisburg Wanheim (D). It overtops the plateau with the artificially heaped-up mountain by 21m | 23yd so the visitor can rise by more than 45m | 49yd above the level o
These augmented contact lenses could give you a real-life HUD
Researchers are readying augmented contact lenses that project images before your eyes—Adam Jensen style. While potentially not as cool looking as the Deus Ex hero’s Oakley-esque implants, at least people won’t wonder why you are wearing sunglasses indoors. The technology could allow wearers to rea
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