What is the best analogy for the way our brains work? Perhaps it is videogames. In an interview on the topic of free will, Michael S. Gazzaniga, author of Who’s in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain, describes consciousness, or the state of being aware of one thing or another, as a well
Apple is under fire again, this time at the hands of the NY Times who published their second report on work conditions in Apple’s China factories. Read the piece for the entire breakdown of FoxConn’s conditions, sloganeering like “”Work hard on the job today or work hard to find a job tomorrow,” and
Forbes has a wonderful profile of Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek. Aside from outlining Spotify’s rise to greatness and more than 2.5 million members, the piece outlines a telling tidbit from Ek’s adolescence: At 14 Ek latched onto the late-1990s dot-com mania, making commercial websites in his school’s com
Russia is planning to build a large domed city not far from the North Pole. ‘We aim to have scientific laboratories, houses, but also parks with attractions, an Aqua complex, hotels and a cathedral. Naturally there will be schools, kindergartens, recreation zones, a hospital, and sport facilities ar
Every year, NYU hosts New York’s Global Game Jam site. It’s a place where designers, coders, sound engineers and artists all come together to make games in 72 hours. No experience is necessary and all are welcome. Last year’s theme was “extinction” and heralded games from text adventures to platform
Several artists have pooled their talents to light up the path beneath a busy expressway in Brooklyn. Silent Lights is an architectural series of gates that frames a pedestrian pathway by day showing constant movement through shadows. It transforms sound into patterns of light at night as it mimics
Consoles previously deemed suitable for “hardcore gamers” alone have been going through lots of rebranding strategies as of late to become more family-friendly “entertainment centers.” But here’s one you probably haven’t heard of before, courtesy of the “Compact, Hyper-Insulated Prot House otype Sol
Back for that daily dose of mainstream gaming news. – Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo has said that the Wii U will launch by the end of this year. – Insomniac won’t be making any additions to the Resistance franchise. – The fallout from last year’s M-rated games legislation has left California