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Polish videogame to help ease changeover in Northern Africa
This is actually pretty cool. There’s this program called S.E.N.S.E. (Strategic Economic Needs and Security Exercise) from Poland that lets government officials try out various scenarios that might that a good ol’ fashioned market economy might run across, in the hopes that officials might know what
Retro Gaming Australia lets you relive your childhood one commercial at a time
…well, that is, if you’re Australian. Retro Gaming Australia’s Youtube channel offers 64 uploads of videogame (and videogame product) commercials from the early ’90s, so just pour yourself a bowl of well-aged Legend of Zelda cereal and enjoy the nostalgia—heck, even if you’re not Australian. But bef
Cheat Sheet 9/6: SCEA calls out Microsoft, Halo creative director departs, Dead Island patch covers a lot
Enjoy some post-Labor Day mainstream videogame news! –New FAQ reveals Diablo III beta details. -Sony’s SVP of public relations Rob Dyer accuses Microsoft of using an exclusivity stipulation to protect “an inferior product.“ -Check out Yoshinori Ono on the future of fighting games and more. –Dragon
September 3, 2011, 9:02 am
Making Systems Checking More Fun Hacking a system may be analogous to a would-be thief looking for an open window, but its reality looks pretty different. Trying different command codes (and I’m guessing on vocab here) to obtain entry goes through a process of using language to unlock a system buil
Minecraft Modder Recreates Zelda
Depending on who you ask, Minecraft is either one of the most awesome or most annoying games in recent memory. On one hand, it’s more or less a virtual Lego set that, if you’ve got the time and creativity, gives you a digital palate upon which to get your Picasso on. On the other, it’s just a game w
