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Cheat Sheet 3/23: Zynga coming to Xbox, The Mass Effect charity drive ends, and Notch is thinking of a space game
Alright listen up: – It looks like FarmVille makers and mega-bajillionaires Zynga are looking in to the Xbox 360 as the next step. – The charity drive/protest for a new Mass Effect 3 ending has ended at 80,000 dollars not because Child’s Play was unhappy to receive the donation, but because they wer
Maker of Draw Something pulling in Wu-Tang for "realist game ever on Facebook"
OMGPOP, the NYC-based maker of popular iOS title Draw Something who was recently acquired by Zynga, has their sights set on Shaolin. Their new game Streets for Facebook recruits the fury of the Wu-Tang Clan for what looks to be a FarmVille-esque experience. CEO Dan Porter told Business Insider, “Thi
Cory Kidd’s robot is going to keep your diet in line.
Cory Kidd wants you to believe that the solution to our obesity problem may come in an adorable, little, white plastic robot. Kidd has been studying human health and robot design for the better part of two decades. His most recent creation, Autom, is a tiny robot designed to keep your diet on track.
How one long 88-minute shot in "Silent House" can teach gamers about suspense.
Video While many survival horror games rely on mood and frightening visuals to terrify players, perhaps gamemakers should be looking at the work of filmmakers Chris Kentis and Laura Lau instead. Their shark thriller Open Water was an extensive exercise in patience in the Hitchcockian manner and thei
Forget the Portal gun. Seeing around corners with lasers is the next big thing.
Video While the Portal gun is still at least three Apple press conferences away, two MIT physicists are bringing us the next best thing: seeing around corners with lasers. Ramesh Raskar and Andreas Velten are the researchers with the breakthrough as LiveScience explains: They fired a laser through t
Cheat Sheet 3/22: Mass Effect’s ending change, Angry Birds: Space and Baldur’s Gate on iPad.
Okay, here goes: – In the continuing misadventures of Mass Effect 3’s ending, it looks as though BioWare will be conceding to fan protest and change the ending, to something that provides more “clarity” and “closure.” Sigh. – Angry Birds: Space is out today and to celebrate the launch, developer Rov
Smithsonian videogame show recieves lukewarm reviews. Where’s the normal difficulty?
I’m confused by the different reviews of The Art of Videogames at the Smithsonian. Should we really be alright with an exhibition in easy mode? Seth Shiesel’s “An Exhibition in Easy Mode,” from the New York Times summarizes what went wrong, “The Art of Video Games” is a sanitized, uncontroversial an
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