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Andy Warhol: The Game
First, the Great Gatsby. Now the pop artist. [via]
Can you "gamify" the Jihad?
Fast Company has an excellent piece today on how jihadist sites are using gamification techniques that have been all the rage these days. The interview stars security consultants Jarret Brachman and Alix Levine who also wrote a piece for Foreign Policy on the subject: Did any jihadist sites you enco
The Big Ten: Your Videogame Cheat Sheet for 4/26
It’s hard to keep up with mainstream gaming news, so we’ll do the heavy lifting for you. Here are ten things that happened yesterday in the world of games: 1. Deus Ex: Human Revolution composer says “transhumanist” themes inspired the score. 2. The Infamous 2 beta was extended due to ongoing PlaySta
Hot new school game for kids? Ask your grandmother. (It’s Bridge.)
Forget Pokemon. The Times reports on an uptick of bridge among school kids. Their efforts to promote bridge among students have helped revive a game that peaked in popularity in the years after World War II, and have redefined it from a leisurely pastime for the elderly to a game fit for intersch
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
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