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Kill Screen curated a section of the upcoming issue of Billboard
What is the future of music and games? Billboard asks Kill Screen to give their outlook in multi-page spread. Oh, music games! Whither the mighty Guitar Hero and Rock Band! For the answer, Billboard kindly asked us put on our prognostication hat and look at the future of games. (Excellent timing sin
On steroids, sports, play, and the meaning of everything
From the vaults come this 2008 New Republic piece by Leon Kass and Eric Cohen on the Roger Clemens Steroids controversy. The whole piece is a marvelous read for its treatment of subjects like cheating, athletic prowess, and what it means to play games. Anyone interested in not just the legacy of the
All hail Japan’s "Sculpture Forest," half-big art, half-playground
The above image is from the “Sculpture Forest,” a Japanese work that’s a hybrid of a sculpture and a playground. Check it and many other works designed to enrich children’s appreciation of art through play over at the Kids Web Japan website. We’ll leave you with a “inspirational quote” from the site
A Toronto designer starts with an illo, ends with a game world
Above is the latest trailer from the Lepos, an upcoming game that fuses street art with the arcade. We’ll let the clip do the rest of the talking. Coming soon to an arcade near you. (For the record, Jamin has one of these stickers on his laptop…)
The most impressive Minecraft recreations OF ALL TIME
To celebrate the wonders of capitalism and the wonders of corporate synergy, GE compiled the coolest recreations of famous buildings and compiled them on Buzzfeed. Check out the list, and then go watch something on NBC. Or buy one of their ovens. [via]
Ending global poverty, one Lego at a time
Open Source Ecology is a Kickstarter project worth donating to. They’ve reached their goal, but if you’ve ever wanted to be able to make your own tractor in twelve hours, it’s worth helping them go above and beyond. From their site: The aim of the GVCS is to lower the barriers to entry into farming,
