Here’s your daily run-through of mainstream videogame news, on easy mode! -Former Deus Ex writer Sheldon Pacotti’s upcoming game gets microscopic. -John Dillinger’s descendants fought EA over the use of their name, and EA won. -Sony wasn’t exactly forthright at the beginning of the PSN fiasco. –F
Is it weird that this makes us cry a little? -Lana Polansky
Get ready for another mainstream videogame news speedrun! –Angry Birds upcoming features to make use of creepy smartphone location-based info. -Hacker group LulzSec attacks Minecraft, EVE Online and The Escapist (and they aren’t done). -Zynga goes green, opens its European HQ in Dublin, Ireland.
Imagine Southeast Public Charter School in Congress Heights, one of the poorest areas in Washington, welcomed over 500 volunteers today (including Michelle Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan) to mobilize for a great cause: building a playground for local kids. KaBOOM!, the non-profit organ
Sounds like it was a laugh a minute at the Webbys this year: “Person of the year, ironic,” a computerised voice speaking for the machine said while receiving a Webby from show host actress Lisa Kudrow, who suggested the machine jazz up its image by dating an iPad. “That was clever,” Kudrow retorted.
An adorable video from a Kickstarter hopeful, trying to make an actual Portal turret gun. Jokes not included.
I can’t believe this was acceptable to show to children.
Researchers at North Carolina University have been studying Warcraft player behavior and think they’re able to “predict what a player in a game will do based on his or her previous behavior, with up to 80 percent accuracy.” This can obviously be a boon for game developers, but remember what happened