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March 29, 2011, 1:00 pm
“The score never interested me, only the game.” — Mae West
March 29, 2011, 12:00 pm
From the edges of science, a synthetic mother/spawn doll has been created to help medical students walk through a birth: The mother known as “Noelle” and baby “Hal” give students an interactive opportunity to prepare for a normal births and ones with complications. “They see what they need to do. Th
March 29, 2011, 11:00 am
The comedy video troupe Rooster Teeth, makers of the popular Red vs. Blue Halo parody series, have taken it upon themselves to re-imagine the world of Angry Birds as some strange political thriller. We believe the creation of imaginary worlds around the universe of Angry Birds is merely some global
March 29, 2011, 10:00 am
What is striking here isn’t that a Chinese company has decided create their own game, without consent, based on the popular Plants Vs. Zombies. What is amazing is that said infringe-o-rama was actually displayed at trade show as if it were something, you know, Shunxiang Technology came up with on th
March 29, 2011, 12:26 am
A National Journal story takes a closer look at Obama’s West Wing. We saw potential for a new Sims expansion pack? The Sims Run For Public Office? via
March 28, 2011, 1:00 pm
“Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself” — Miles Davis
March 28, 2011, 12:00 pm
If you haven’t seen Patrick Jean’s Pixels, then you’re in for a treat. Pixels attack New York. That’s about it. Jean had this to say about the short: I played all these games when I was young ! Most of them were on Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC or Arcade machines. Another aspect was to mix these two d
