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Will the future of reading be more like playing videogames?
With the winners of the 2011 Interactive Fiction Competition recently announced, I thought I’d mention this interactive book cover. While it is only a promo stunt for the novel Daylight Savings, it really makes you think about the future of reading, and the possibility of literature being rewritten
PETA campaigns against Mario
Perhaps realizing that Super Mario 3D Land would lead to increased sales of Tanooki fur stoles, PETA has decided to fight back with its own game. When on a mission to rescue the princess, Mario has been known to use any means necessary to defeat his enemy-even wearing the skin of a raccoon dog to g
The 360 and PS3 could be old news in one year.
Sources tell EDGE that first-party game developers are already working on the next generation of consoles. The successors to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 have been rumored for a while, but the news on EDGE makes the good point that releasing new consoles in 2012 will put Nintendo’s high-definition
SOUTHERN RAP MAP #3: G-Side
Hey, it’s the Rap Map! Today, Ian Cohen chats with Mista 2 Lettaz of Huntsville, AL’s G-Side, whose innovative techno-soul beats and unique flows combine to form what they call “The Slow-Motion Sound,” about his favorite games, what games his enemies might play, and why he’d want to be Freddie Gibbs
The AK-47 is a real-life game breaker
Ask anybody to name a gun and an AK-47 usually comes up near the top of the list. Tool of the terrorist and the revolutionary, it’s everywhere, with most acquainted with its distinct shape. It even has its own biography. A recent article in Wired recounts its history and impact in culture and world
Does interactivity start with a name?
Khalil Chistee’s work is striking in its own right. His latest exhibit decides to play with the idea of interpretation and the artist as author. “The artist’s installation, titled “Jo dil pe guzarti hey raqam kerte rahein gay”, showcases 22 pieces that have undergone the welding spark on archival pa
Is this computerized sports commentator the end of Al Michaels as we know it?
The Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland has developed a highly advanced system that can commentate on sports games The school, which we will henceforth refer to as EPFL, came up with a complex algorithm that uses several different video feeds, constantly monitored, to follow a so
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