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How the Kinect might soon be able to detect child autism.
Continuing in the long line of creative applications of the Microsoft Kinect, researchers are developing a new medical application for the device: As part of an experiment at the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development, Sapiro and Papanikolopoulos set up a series of five Microsoft K
Cheat Sheet 5/8: Portal 2 Sales, Tony Hawk HD, and Assassin’s Creed 3
Tuesday in bullet-point form: Portal 2 sales topped 4 million. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD is coming this June. Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is coming to Steam. Check out this new Assassin’s Creed 3 trailer. Starhawk is here. That’s all for now! See you on the morrow.
PAUSE: Watch this amazing Diablo III short from the creators of Metalocalypse and Aeon Flux.
video Like any self-respecting Blizzard game, Diablo IIIhas a massive amount of lore traditionally left out of the primary gameplay experience. To get some of the backstory of how Tristram got embroiled in this whole mess with the devil, check out this wonderful short film from Titmouse, the animati
Cheat Sheet 5/7: Rovio announces their earnings for the year, Microsoft’s new plan for the Xbox 360, and George Lucas’s next Star Wars project
It’s been a while. Let’s see if I still remember how to do this: – Rovio, the studio behind a little game called Angry Birds has announced their earnings. All 106 million dollars of them. – Microsoft has announced a new deal for anyone still looking for an Xbox 360. For 99 dollars you get a 360 with
How games expose the hidden meanings within language.
People often mean more than they say, but psychologist James Pennebaker would argue that sometimes even they don’t realize it. From his research, he’s found out a lot about people’s relationships based on the way they talk to each other and it’s a lot subtler than one person talking louder than the
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