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Today on KS: The Egyptian revolution through a videogame lens
Mitch Swenson spent some time reporting on the upheaval in Egypt, but found his most meaningful experience playing a videogame in the midst of “Tent City”: Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the revolution in Egypt, means “Freedom Square” in Arabic. And since my January deployment in Cairo, just before
Carnegie Mellon releases a time machine…sort of.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have released a virtual time machine — for pictures. It’s a super-advanced time-lapse photo system that allows high resolution as well as viewing changes over time such as plants in boom. “With GigaPan Time Machine, you can simultaneously explore space and time at ex
April 25, 2011, 10:45 am
“The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.” — Natty Nats
Advice to game designers: "When in doubt, you always go back to Star Wars."
At the the Future of Games conference at UCSC earlier this month, game designer Graeme Devine, known for his work on The 7th Guest and more recently Halo Wars, had some sound advice for designers looking to pull players into the game. He told those in attendance that Star Wars is the best gut check.
Apple places dead last in Greenpeace report
Something to think about the next time you boot up Angry Birds HD or Superbrothers: Apple has come bottom of the most comprehensive green league table of technology companies because of its heavy reliance on “dirty data” centres. The list, which is compiled by Greenpeace and released in San Francis
Can’t keep up with mainstream game news. Let our cheat sheet help.
There’s a lot of gaming news out there. We know. It’s tough to keep up. So we’re going to make things easier for you. Here’s what you need to know: 1. There’s a new Wii coming. 2. Rockstar Games has released new screen shots of Max Payne. 3. Minecraft, that Swedish digging sensation, has hit more t
Pokemon Has World Championships. It’s Finally Come to This.
The irony of a series about travelling the world, catching magical creatures, and then battling other trainers having a real life tournament that does those three things is not lost on us. The Pokémon World Championships are coming in August: he US rounds of the 2011 Pokémon Video Game Championship
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