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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
New World of Warcraft expansion features pandas
Seriously. The new WoW expansion is entitled Mists of Pandaria, and in addition to raising the level cap from 85 to 90, it will include a new race: Pandarens. Warcraft enthusiasts will remember the creatures from Warcraft 3. Wired has an interview with the wonderfully named J. Allen Brack on the ent
The Old Testament is built in Lego pieces, block by block
Brenden Powell Smith has been building Biblical scenes out of Legos and posting them on his website for the past 10 years, and now his illustrations are being collected in a new book titled The Brick Bible. When I first started it I really didn’t think, okay, I’m embarking on this… project to illust
What’s Modern Warfare 3 have to do with Angry Birds?
Our own Jamin Warren spoke on National Public Radio recently about how Modern Warfare 3 creates a more inclusive game. WARREN: Exactly. Exactly. You know, I think what’s interesting here is that this is emblematic of a larger industry shift, which is noticing that these excessive games like “Farmvil
Play Skyrim. Get strong.
Guessing there’s more than one of you who sacrificed your social life this weekend to the benevolent deity that is Skyrim. I had a friend who stayed up until 6am on Friday playing it. No judgments. Anyways, the Skyrim fitness program got kicked off by an editor at PCWorld, who decided he would “earn
