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Backed by a Department of Homeland Security grant, The Day The Earth Shook is meant to be a video game that teaches children about surviving an earthquake, but it's more likely to educate them about the dangers of bad game design. More »
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[This essay was given as a talk at SUNY Buffalo, 28 January 2010, the day after Howard Zinn's death. I have left the text unaltered, to better reflect the spirit of the talk.] More »
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This is super cool. Sony Computer Entertainment is teaming up with Stanford University to create a distributed computing network of PS3s to help study the causes of a number of diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cystic fibrosis and many cancers. More »
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It seems that Peter Baxter's messaging had been polished to a high sheen. More »
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The Associated Press has an interesting story out there about the rising popularity of political games. More »
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Water Cooler Games has some coverage of the Serious Games Summit talks, featuring some presentations on what Serious Gaming is, was, and should be. Serious Gaming is gaming intended to train or educate the player, instead of only to entertain. Some of the interesting ones were: More »
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Documentary games aficionado Ian Bogost has unearthed an interesting mod that uses Medal of Honor: Allied Assault to create the Paris Riots. More »
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Back in February, Watercooler Games reported on the Centers for Disease Control's anti-ad campaign titled "Give Your Thumbs a Rest, Play for Real." More »
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I just finished up a story for the Rocky about upcoming computer game Left Behind: Eternal Forces and how it fits into the whole Agenda Gaming movement. More »
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=186638&view=rss&microfeed=true No not soccer, this one's all about head butting an endless stream of clueless Marco Materazzis (or is that Materazzi?) in the chest until the famed French baller gets ejected from the game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=186310&view=rss&microfeed=true Pixel Sumo writes about a new music game that made an appearance at the Cybersonica 06 Sonic Art Exhibition. The Schizoporotica is a sort of moden age music box. The device plays music from a set list, but users can modify the pitches of the melody being played by tearing out pieces of a specially printed ticket and feeding it into the machine. If it weren't for the mess, I'd say this Troika-designed device would be perfect for installation in an arcade. Brian Crecente More »
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