Thanks to the new movie Real Steel, in which Hugh Jackman commands a large rocking and socking robot in the future, there’s been renewed interest in Rock’ Em Sock’ Em Robots. It turns out that despite its silly premise, the robot boxing in Real Steel follows the original theme of Rock’ Em Sock’ Em R
We’ve all heard that mobiles are keeping us from working-but are they actually keeping us from zoning out? Nick Bilton has an interesting New York Times blog post about how mobiles are limiting the essential human capacity to daydream: Jonah Lehrer, a neuroscientist and the author of the soon-to-be
Flash Flash With the recent news that Minecraft legos might be on their way sometime soon, maybe its time for Lego to get political. Parental discretion is advised. –Yannick LeJacq [via Slate V]
It seems that even in a galaxy far, far away people still like to boogie. Rock Paper Shotgun have reported a little-known easter egg whereby entering the /getdown chat command will cause your character to switch into “shameless rug-cutting” mode in BioWare’s popular Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO.
A recent innovation in sex education has interesting possibilities for social innovation in the U.S., The New York Times reports: In Chicago, teenagers can subscribe to Sex-Ed Loop, a program endorsed by the district that includes weekly automated texts about contraception, relationships and disease
While we were busy fine-tuning our Game of the Year list, torrent sites were tallying up the most pirated software of the year. Crysis 2 comes out on top in the PC games category in 2011. On Xbox 360 Gears of War 3 receives the same honor, while Super Mario Galaxy 2 scoops the title of most pirated
Using a deck of cards and city planning skills similar to those used in Sim City, Jerry Gretzinger has been plotting out a map of an imaginary world, which has taken on a life of its own. The result is an endless, procedurally dynamic work of art that could be called a solitary game of Civilization.
My New Years resolution: No more posts about Legos… after this one! The Guardian has accounted for 2011 by collecting the most memorable events of the year built in Lego, including the royal wedding, 11-11-11, and OWS. Seeing alien protesters being pepper-sprayed kind of helps me get over how incred