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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
A Pandora For Games?
If, just like me, you’re straddling the line of regular poverty and abject poverty, there’s nothing worse dropping sixty dollars on a game I end up playing three times, and then get frustrated with and repurpose as a drink coaster. It’s, like, the worst thing ever. I could have used that sixty bucks
Robots for Humanity works on tweaking our compassion node
Deep down, we all share an anxiety about technology taking over the world for the worse, from transhumanism in Deus Ex to the malicious artificial intelligence of Portal. But more and more we’ve been hearing of advanced technologies being utilized for compassionate, positive reasons. Such is the cas
Cheat Sheet 9/2: Activision Blizzard chief thinking big, Why Sledgehammer favored MW3 over CoD
Nothing revs our engine like instant mainstream videogame news! -Activision Blizzard chief is ready for world domination. -Have an Assassin’s Creed fan video? Ubisoft’s new video contest offers you the chance to win a Sony Home Theater Entertainment Package. -DICE has released new details on Battl
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