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Twitter takes a stand on intellectual property.
Yesterday, Twitter took a bold step into the contentious world of software patents and intellectual property with its “Innovators Patent Agreement” (the other IPA), which the company’s VP of engineering described as an effort to keep “control in the hands of engineers and designers.” Rebecca Rosen e
"Draw Something" steadily becomes "Draw Something Famous."
Given Zynga’s reputation in the game community, everybody was curious what would happen with the phenomenon of “Draw Something” following its sudden acquisition by the social gaming giant. Would it simply become “Draw Something with Friends?” or, I suppose, the simply title “Drawing with Friends?” I
PAUSE: Your car as a videogame commercial.
tk Pong may be one of the older videogames ever created, but the German agency BBDO certainly found a way to bring the game up to date. Tasked with showing that the Smart Fortwo electric drive was not only green but also fun, the company created this massive version of pong called “eBall” to showcas
PAUSE: A New York-based visual artists turns old computers into a magic hour sunset.
New York-based visual artist Sandy Smith constructed this sunset from donated computers. [Via Pulmonaire]
There’s reason why we don’t remember our earliest game-playing experiences.
Way back in issue 3, we explored what games infants play when they play games in our piece “The Young and the Scoreless.” Ryan Bradley examined the world of electronic games through the lens of three-year-old Jackson who’s been working out some life issues through iPad games: Play can be serious bus
Will "household" bioengineering be the computer games of children of the future?
I’m trying to finish every episode of the wonderful science and culture podcast/radio program Radiolab this year and during my quest, I came across a quote from their 2008 episode titled “My So-Called Life” about the boundaires of science, morality, and bioengineering. They quote theoretical physici
Do we have to like the characters in our fiction?
HBO’s new show “Girls” finally began airing this past Sunday amidst a massive amount of hype. Almost immediately, however, I was struck by the ferocity of attacks against the show. Most of the anger was not directed at the quality of the writing, acting, cinematography, or many of the other things I
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