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The Theatrical Origins of the Word "Robot"
The man who invented the word robot almost named them “Labori” instead. Close call: As a word, robot is a relative newcomer to the English language. It was the brainchild of a brilliant Czech playwright, novelist and journalist named Karel ?apek (1880-1938) who introduced it in his 1920 hit play, R.
How Hard Is It To Preserve Old Games?
VIdeogame makers spend so much time thinking about the future that sometimes we forget about the past. Wired has an amazing translated piece on the challenges that curators face in preserving old videogames. A must-read for anyone interested in either the curatorial arts or the history of games: In
It’s Friday. Here’s an Old Intellivision Ad.
Jamin had the Intellivision when he was a child. Talk to him in person and watch him tear up. Mashable has more.
Who Will the Impending War Against the Robot Journalists?
A robot and a journalist walk into a bar. The bartender says to journalist, “If you don’t get your act together, robots are going are take your jobs.” FIN But seriously, when a journalist fails to mention a no-hitter in an NCAA baseball game, the first in almost a decade, and a robot program designe
Today on KS: Why Babies Play Videogames
Ryan Bradley (now at Popular Science) did a fascinating essay for our Back to School issue on the inner psychology of babies — and what that means for game designers. In the last 10 years we-and by “we” I mean scientists and academics-have made a fundamental shift in how we think about babies. Paren
April 22, 2011, 8:55 am
Curious what the inside of a Nintendo looks like, piece by piece?
April 21, 2011, 6:05 pm
“I think it’s related to the feminist movement, because women had no history. I think a lot of women were looking for history. Technology had no history. You go to painting. You go to any other field and there are many generations before you, but with technology that dealt with art making, it was fr
Have You Seen Our Scribblenauts Tee?
The fine folks from 5th Cell made us a tee! They made a little game called Scribblenauts. You might have heard it. You can get it here.
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