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May 5, 2011, 12:00 pm
“Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.” — inventor Roger von Oech
Cheat Sheet 5/5: Mass Effect Delayed, StarCraft Papercraft, Writing Uncharted 3
It can be tough to keep up with videogame news, so we’re helping out. Here’s what you need to know. –Mass Effect 3 is delayed. -Naughty Dog’s Amy Henning dishes on writing Uncharted 3. -EA preps for the worst with the NFL lockout. –StarCraft II gets the papercraft treatment. -More than 100 million R
Flashback: 1973 ad for Magnavox Odyssey. Geography!
This first aired during The Carol Burnett Show.
Japanese device designed to simulate digitally-transmitted "kiss"
A Japanese lab has created a device (above) that can simulate the feeling of kiss — transmitted digitally: “This device is for communications within the mouth, in other words, the goal is to obtain the feeling of kissing.” “If you take one device in your mouth and turn it with your tongue, the other
Software automates "That What She Said" jokes. Yay.
This is the future — wherein the greatest minds of our generation use natural language processing to create a program that adds “That’s What She Said” as a punchline. Michael Scott would be proud: Automating this process means identifying sentences that contain potential euphemisms and follow a part
Cheat Sheet 5/4: Cheap Wii, HaloFest, Game Composer Melee
Mainstream videogame news is hard to keep pace with so we do the heavy lifting for you. Here’s your cheat sheet: –Soccer videogames cause more aggression than first-person shooters do. -Wii drops in price to $150 including Mario Kart Wii and steering wheel. -Sony hires security consultants to track
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