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PAUSE: Gary Zhexi Zhang’s "Grids"
More of Zhang’s work here. [via]
How has LEGO bested other toymakers? Games, of course.
The Economist dives into what’s made LEGO so successful as of late. No surprise that it’s games that are making a different for the Danish company: Small wonder Lego’s profits are “extremely satisfactory”, as Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, the chief executive, put it last month. After nearly going under eig
Listen Up: Kill Screen’s Jason Johnson on videogames and the Japanese suicide problem
For our Intimacy issue, writer Jason Johnson explored the world of Love Plus+ and Japanese suicide. New Hampshire Public Radio brought Jason on to talk about the issue. In 2009, the Japanese government reported more than thirty thousand suicides, though the World Health Organization puts the number
Kickstarter on KS: Turn your NES into a synthesizer
A biomedical engineering student who mods old videogame equipment has a new project: I am prototyping, designing and assembling a special cartridge called Chip Maestro which can be used in any Nintendo Entertainment System. This cartridge will accept a MIDI input from any instrument, and by passing
Cheat Sheet 5/11: GagaVille, Alan Wake again, Battle Chess Returns
Mainstream videogame news can be a trial to keep up with, so here’s your cheat sheet: –Lady Gaga and Zynga, maker of Farmville, trumpet a new partnership. –Phantasy Star designer’s follow-up 7th Dragon receives a sequel. -Street Fighter motion comic dropping in August. -More Alan Wake on the way. –C
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