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Kuma Games, maker of the Kuma War, will release a new addition allowing you to battle your way through the Abottabad compound to take out Osama. Previously, Kuma had created a mission to kill Saddam and of course, the new Call of Duty: Black Ops has you assassinate Castro. Now, computer game develop
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Inspired by Minecraft, Etsy seller Laketide is offering this adorable little grass cubes for hearth and home. The cube is just over 2.5” on each side, and sealed with 6 coats of clear lacquer to help keep it durable. It isn’t intended as a toy, but I think these look really nice sitting on my desk.
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Mainstream videogame news can be a chore to wade through, so we’re giving you a hand. –Naughty Dog’s Amy Hennig thinks Uncharted movie shouldn’t be “too literal.” –Here’s a primer on the new game Rage from id Software, creator of DOOM & Wolfenstein 3-D. -The LA Times meets Rockstar’s LA Noire with a
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Bill Gates is looking at games as a way to increase the effectiveness of education. There have been several notable game x education projects such as Quest 2 Learn, who was profiled in the NY Times Magazine last year. Three of the lucky fundees below. $2.6 million for iRemix, which is being develop
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We take a look at Petri Purho, creator of Crayon Physics Deluxe, and his life as a magician: Petri Purho’s career as a magician began early. “I’ve been doing magic as long as I can remember. Instead of toys I would play around with my father’s magic props. I ended up doing my first live performance
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This is exciting. That means things like Cory Arcangel’s upcoming Whitney show “Pro Tools” or the work of Feng Mengbo (above) could see some new funding sources. Gamasutra reports: The National Endowment for the Arts, a U.S. government agency that offers funding for art projects and exhibitions, is
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“Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.” — inventor Roger von Oech
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It can be tough to keep up with videogame news, so we’re helping out. Here’s what you need to know. –Mass Effect 3 is delayed. -Naughty Dog’s Amy Henning dishes on writing Uncharted 3. -EA preps for the worst with the NFL lockout. –StarCraft II gets the papercraft treatment. -More than 100 million R
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This first aired during The Carol Burnett Show.
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A Japanese lab has created a device (above) that can simulate the feeling of kiss — transmitted digitally: “This device is for communications within the mouth, in other words, the goal is to obtain the feeling of kissing.” “If you take one device in your mouth and turn it with your tongue, the other