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Cheat Sheet 8/17: Win7 Phone getting Xbox Live, Epic Games confirms 5 new titles, PS3 now a little cheaper
Get ready for a blast of mainstream videogame news! -Sony follows Nintendo’s lead and slashes PS3 price tag. -PS Vita to get social networking, Assassin’s Creed, more. -Epic Games confirms 5 new titles are in development. -Gameloft looking to hire 145 new employees. -Windows Phone 7 enthusiasts c
Walk down the catacombs of the Luminaria: the pneumatic sculpture series with a videogame feel
Inspired by Islamic, Gothic, Archimedean and modern architecture, and reminiscent of the colors, caverns and trippiness of games like Psychonauts and Child of Eden, Architects of Air’s Luminaria have inflated all over the world. Designed by AoA leader Alan Parkinson, these interactive displays are m
Honoring a lifetime of death in videogames
Permadeath. Fatalities. 1-Ups. Health regeneration. Dysentery. We understand these as part of the history of videogame mortality. While we recognize the conventions of death in videogames, we rarely think of videogame death treatment in terms of chronology. And that’s exactly what Patrick Shaw, ove
Take this study’s results–Women Prefer Games to Sex!–with grain of bath salt
A recent study from an unlikely source has put a spotlight on the importance of games to their female players. Seems that women are just as likely to play online as their male counterparts. The survey of 2,052 people was commissioned by Doritos and found that 49 per cent of women play online games,
Kickstarter on KS: Support The Bike Lights of the Future
Now this is cool. This kickstart project, revolights, embeds an Akira-style lighting system into the wheels of your bicycle, making you feel like some kind of futuristic bike hero. But this invention does more than make you look awesome: On the road, bike lights contribute to rider safety in two w
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