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"Disneyland of Child Labor" Mixes Occupational Role-play, Corporate Consumerism
The Morning News has a fascinating piece on a chain of theme parks called KidZania that allow kids to role-play a variety of jobs. The crazy part is that it’s all corporately sponsored as a way to get children interested in what big brands have to offer: Children can play surgeon, detective, journal
April 15, 2011, 3:00 pm
IN A GIF: A Super Nintendo twitch.
New Interactive Film Series Uses Your Brain Neurons to Choose Your Own Adventure
UK company Myndplay has created a technology to allow viewers to change the outcome of the film based on their thoughts. The connection between this and games seems promising: In the films the viewer takes the role of the protagonist. They can achieve positive outcomes for their character if they ac
New PlayStation Art Store Features Designers eBoy, Maharishi, Others
Announcements like this ofter go unnoticed, but design geeks take note. You can buy digital art and interactive backgrounds for your PS3 via a new store. The work is curated by design shop Studio Output and features the work of eBoy (above), Jasper Goodall, Maharishi, and more.
TODAY ON KS: Our Review of Crysis 2 Blows Up
Ben Abraham reflects on Crysis 2: Crysis was actually two things: a tech demo, and a sequence of tropical playgrounds built to demonstrate how much fun it can be to jump off rooftops onto the heads of North Korean soldiers while a gentle breeze blows serenely through palm fronds. The game saw genera
Tweet Land Turns Everyday Chatter Into Gameplay
A group of Costa Rican designers are working on a new project that will translate tweets into actual gameplay changes. It’s a bit like Scribblenauts — whatever pops up on Twitter shows up in the two games they’ve created — a racing gaming called Route 140 and an action called Love City. The proje
April 15, 2011, 11:15 am
IN A GIF: The Game Boy load screen brings us back.
April 15, 2011, 10:08 am
This is a Wu-Tang Controller. That is all.
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