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Old-fashioned play structures invite imagination
Playgrounds needn’t all look alike; they can be works of art. This isn’t a new idea either; Pierre Szekely made a few play sculptures in France in the 1950s and 60s that I wouldn’t mind having in my neighborhood. Paige Johnson at Playscapes has collected Szekely’s playground sculptures chronological
EA joins a coalition to repeal DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act).
EA, one of the largest gaming companies in the world, hasn’t always been publicized in a positive light, but they continue to assert a supportive stance on LGBT diversity. As controversy around the Defense of Marriage Act— a law that defines marriage as between one man and one woman on a federal lev
Check out the new Soundplay game, "Geometry of Love" by Chromatics and Ivan Safrin.
In case you hadn’t heard, we’ve partnered with Pitchfork to present new, playable music videos by bands who’ve been inspired by videogames. The project is called Soundplay, and so far we’ve featured Jake Elliott‘s game based on M83’s “Intro”, Santa Ragione‘s game based on Matthew Dear’s “Street Song
This Exquisite Forest has leaves of animations
video The surrealists had a game called The Exquisite Corpse which had players create sentences together without looking at what had been written before. London’s Tate Modern takes the game to the internet, allowing anyone to build on to a short animation made by another. The result: brief, surreal,
The Dark Knight’s cinematographer will rise to the director’s chair.
We often attribute the hard work of a hundred people to the vision of a single director, so it’s easy to forget the person on the other side of the camera—the cinematographer. Ultimately, it is his or her eye through which we view our favorite films. Christopher Nolan’s cinematographer, Wally Pfiste
Tired of liking things? The new hate app can help.
There is just too much positive thinking on the Internet. Too many “likes” on Facebook and comment threads and not enough room to express disapproval. Not to worry; the upcoming hate app allows you to express your disapproval (assuming it’s not another Internet joke).
Why modern HDTVs are ruining precision-based gameplay.
PaRappa the Rapper has always been a hard game, but now it may be harder than ever due to a common issue of display-latency in HDTVs. The HDTV’s fatal flaw lies in its many filters: deep-blacks, vivid colors and high-resolutions may look fantastic, but the amount of post-processing power required to
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