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After 29 year ban, Mass. town voting on whether to allow videogames in public places
I’ve been to Marshfield. It is a quaint seaside, South Shore town in Massachusetts with lobster and golden retrievers. It does not, however, have videogames in public. That’s why after 29 years, they’re voting to see if they’d like to reinstate them in restaurants and other public places. Here’s a c
New study suggests games make you more social, not less.
Basement dwellers? Hardly! A new study from UT-Dallas looked at server logs and player interactions in EverQuest II and found that the game was making people more social, not less. But you probably knew that… [via, img]
Fundraising website shows off custom art mashups for charity
A new fundraising website allows donors to make their own artwork from 120 different artists. [via]
Fan-made Golden Axe is on the countdown to takedown
A team of Golden Axe fans have created a new version of the game available for download for PC. You should probably grab it now as it’s likely to get the ol’ cease and desist any minute now. [via]
Military holds smartphone app contest to prep for future of warfare
The military has seen is future and it is smartphone: In addition, the Army recently held a contest for soldiers to determine who could develop the best smartphone app. Among the apps now available on an Army Web site: bugle calls, body fat calculator, Army creeds, sniper awareness and capture avoid
A man, a plan, a augmented reality Nintendo 3DS tattoo
Usually when a new piece of technology enters our existence, we don’t think “Hey, how can I remember this forever.” But I guess we’re weird. Above is a 3DS augmented reality tattoo that this young man will have to explain for the rest of his life when the handheld console becomes obselete, as all
Ever seen the inside of one of the military’s Predator drone control rooms?
From Wikipedia: Captain Richard Koll, left, and Airman 1st Class Mike Eulo perform function checks after launching an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle August 7 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Captain Koll, the pilot, and Airman Eulo, the sensor operator, will handle the Predator in a radius of approxi
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