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Are PCs on the way out?
That’s what the BBC is speculating, at least. They point to the fact that this year the amount of PCs sold decreased drastically, with consumers instead spending their money on internet-abled devices such as smartphones and tablets. There’s one arena in which PCs still kill: gaming. “There are signi
PETA is mad that Battlefield 3 made you kill a rat
If you’ve been playing Battlefield 3, you might have come across the following scene: In the scene in question, the player – a US Marine – is hiding from a passing army of Iranian soldiers. He crawls along a ditch until a rat crosses his path and starts to nip at him. The character, presumably afrai
Father of Console Gaming Looks Back
It’s hard to think of where my wayward youth would’ve been spent if not for Ralph H. Baer, creator of the the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home console. At the Utah Cyber Symposium recently he lamented that Modern Warfare was as far away from his image of gaming as possible, but he did sound a hopefu
William Gibson on the Demise of Cyberspace
As a pioneer of cyberpunk, William Gibson occupies an extremely relevant place at the intersection of culture and technology. Speaking last month during a conference at the Chicago Humanities Festival, he made some interesting observations on the decline of cyberspace and the future of technology. F
If eye controlled games are the future, then the future is going to require too much concentration
Right now, you are using your eyes to watch someone play videogames with their eyes. it’s called EyeAsteroids, and it’s touring the country offering gamers a glimpse of what could be gaming’s future: Speaking about the new arcade game, Henrik Eskilsson, chief executive officer of Tobii Technology, s
SOUTHERN RAP MAP #2: PRGz
It’s time for the second installment of the Rap Map, where we talk to rappers from every region of the world (North America is the whole world, right? Cool.) about their favorite videogames. We’re starting with the South, and today we talk with Paper Route Gangstaz, a rap group from Huntsville, AL w
The new Obama ad indulges in speculative fiction
The new Obama campaign ad asks what would have happened Barack Obama had never won the 2008 presidential election. Spooky! For comparison, we’ve posted the trailer of the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers below. WHICH IS MORE TERRIFYING??? [via]
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