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LA Free-running Academy Channels the Spirit of Mario
The Tempest Free-running Academy is a new LA gym designed to teach the mystical art of parkour. Naturally, they channeled one of the great jumpers of all-time: Mario. (Side note: the Ellie Goulding remix is here if you’re curious.) [via]
TODAY ON KS: Portal Portal Portal Portal 2
We review Portal 2 today with an emphasis on what makes the game so buoyant: Portal 2 is still Portal, the sleeper hit that began life as an extra in The Orange Box. It’s still a game about using portals, pairs of doors that connect distant places, to navigate through a level. There is simply more P
April 19, 2011, 11:30 am
“We need games that, while still allowing us the escapism we turn to them for, allows us a better look at the realities of decision making than “I ate your kitten” or “I will die for you.” — editorial from Bitch Media
Why Do Cheaters Cheat?
We’ve all dealt with cheaters at various stages of gameplay — on the playground, at the kitchen table board game, on Xbox Live. Their ways seem inscrutable. Why would you deliberately defraud someone if you’re ostensibly playing the same game? The New York Times this past weekend approached the na
New Tech Can Read Your Gender In Just 25×25 Pixels
8-bit crimes will be a thing of the past! The device is a video camera that allows a face detector to capture a 25×25 pixel cropped face image. A mask is then applied to remove the background and the image is then passed on to a classifier which outputs the gender of the person. It is interesting to
April 18, 2011, 6:13 pm
PAUSE: Space Invader chair is minimal, menacing. (via fanboygaymerjunk)
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