The Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland has developed a highly advanced system that can commentate on sports games The school, which we will henceforth refer to as EPFL, came up with a complex algorithm that uses several different video feeds, constantly monitored, to follow a so
Seriously. The new WoW expansion is entitled Mists of Pandaria, and in addition to raising the level cap from 85 to 90, it will include a new race: Pandarens. Warcraft enthusiasts will remember the creatures from Warcraft 3. Wired has an interview with the wonderfully named J. Allen Brack on the ent
Brenden Powell Smith has been building Biblical scenes out of Legos and posting them on his website for the past 10 years, and now his illustrations are being collected in a new book titled The Brick Bible. When I first started it I really didn’t think, okay, I’m embarking on this… project to illust
Our own Jamin Warren spoke on National Public Radio recently about how Modern Warfare 3 creates a more inclusive game. WARREN: Exactly. Exactly. You know, I think what’s interesting here is that this is emblematic of a larger industry shift, which is noticing that these excessive games like “Farmvil
Guessing there’s more than one of you who sacrificed your social life this weekend to the benevolent deity that is Skyrim. I had a friend who stayed up until 6am on Friday playing it. No judgments. Anyways, the Skyrim fitness program got kicked off by an editor at PCWorld, who decided he would “earn
In a uniformly amazing essay entitled, “The trouble with video games isn’t the violence. It’s that most of the characters are dicks,” British games writer Charlie Booker examines exactly what makes people feel so uncomfortable about violence in games: So we both stop in our tracks, and moustache man
In his essay “Football”, Chuck Klosterman wrote about the fact that, despite seeming like a conservative flag bearer, football is actually one of the most progressive sports. One example he gives is the NFL’s willingness to try new technology. The latest technlogy impacting the game? Tablets. “Just
Besides that awesome lightning bolt effect, we mean. – Drew Millard