Moscow stray dogs have learned to ride the subway and startle folks into dropping their food by barking. If that doesn’t work, they’ll beg for food from sympathetic girls. The strange strategy of Russian street dogs inspired a Pirate Kart game called Russian Subway Dogs. In this game, you play a do
Apple revealed the latest iteration of their niche, hard-to-use, confusing and unpopular smartphone in San Francisco today, and there are a few takeaways for the small and elite handful of computer hackers that will use the iPhone 5 to play games: 1. A bigger screen means games will appear bigger. 2
Sean Smith, one of the four Americans killed last night at the consulate in Benghazi, was a long-time player of EVE ONLINE and a beloved member of that game’s player community. A devastating eulogy on The_Mittani, as well as a testament to the power of online gaming social networks: I’m clearly in s
These kinds of artifacts are there all around us. Our technology is failing here and there in spurts and blips, and instead of approaching it as an annoyance or nuisance, we’re starting to actually appreciate what is given back to us. It’s part of the greater implications of our algorithmic world. A
From the Canadian artist Flavio Trevsian, a board game based on Monopoly and Life in which players redevelop a once-blighted Toronto neighborhood: Playing the game is fairly simple. Everyone assumes an identity, from mayor to developer to resident of the demolished development. There’s even an “acad
Some bullets that you may have been moving too fast to notice. -Sony is developing its own version of the Oculus Rift. -The free Vita game Ecolibrium releases today and allows you to “create and nurture your own ecosystems.” –Terraria getting a console port; some fans would rather have more free up
Want to carry around a bit of outer space with you? These RJ-Romain Jerome watches might be the closest you’ll get, aside from meteorite jewelry. Having inherited the highly distinctive case of the Moon Invader collection, a circle in a cambered 46 mm square, the […] watches also feature steel fused
Instead of directly confronting users about suspected Internet piracy, a new program from the Center for Copyright Information will give them a series of educational alerts. Ars Technica reports: Last year, the newly-formed Center for Copyright Information (CCI), along with major ISPs across the US