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This is the future — wherein the greatest minds of our generation use natural language processing to create a program that adds “That’s What She Said” as a punchline. Michael Scott would be proud: Automating this process means identifying sentences that contain potential euphemisms and follow a part
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Mainstream videogame news is hard to keep pace with so we do the heavy lifting for you. Here’s your cheat sheet: –Soccer videogames cause more aggression than first-person shooters do. -Wii drops in price to $150 including Mario Kart Wii and steering wheel. -Sony hires security consultants to track
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I’ve been to Marshfield. It is a quaint seaside, South Shore town in Massachusetts with lobster and golden retrievers. It does not, however, have videogames in public. That’s why after 29 years, they’re voting to see if they’d like to reinstate them in restaurants and other public places. Here’s a c
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Basement dwellers? Hardly! A new study from UT-Dallas looked at server logs and player interactions in EverQuest II and found that the game was making people more social, not less. But you probably knew that… [via, img]
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A new fundraising website allows donors to make their own artwork from 120 different artists. [via]
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A team of Golden Axe fans have created a new version of the game available for download for PC. You should probably grab it now as it’s likely to get the ol’ cease and desist any minute now. [via]
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The military has seen is future and it is smartphone: In addition, the Army recently held a contest for soldiers to determine who could develop the best smartphone app. Among the apps now available on an Army Web site: bugle calls, body fat calculator, Army creeds, sniper awareness and capture avoid
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Usually when a new piece of technology enters our existence, we don’t think “Hey, how can I remember this forever.” But I guess we’re weird. Above is a 3DS augmented reality tattoo that this young man will have to explain for the rest of his life when the handheld console becomes obselete, as all
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From Wikipedia: Captain Richard Koll, left, and Airman 1st Class Mike Eulo perform function checks after launching an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle August 7 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Captain Koll, the pilot, and Airman Eulo, the sensor operator, will handle the Predator in a radius of approxi
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We know mainstream videogame news can be a lot. We did the heavy lifting. Here’s the haps: –Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata orates on the emergence of tablets, social games, and the weaknesses of the Wii. –US Congress is questioning Sony about the PlayStation Network hack. Also, Sony Online Entertainment re
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A team from Michigan State University has built a game to help kids in Cambodia avoid land mines. More than 4 million land mines still litter the SE Asian country. From the LA Times: “I think it’s fun, and it teaches me to be more careful,” said Chob Sopheak, 14, a tester in Phnom Penh whose neighbo
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Skynet was days ago, but that doesn’t mean the future of machines has halted. This is pretty cool — a “code-bending” instrument that allows for novel manipulation: Video games can play other video games. Music synthesizers can control word processors. Feedback loops turn everyday software tropes int