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Namco's Ultra Creepy All-Star Baseball Team
Namco's upcoming Netsu Chu! Baseball 2007 for the PlayStation 2 treads into some of the deepest levels of the "uncanny valley", featuring a fictional, hidden baseball team called the Namco Stars. It's the stuff of nightmares, clumsy semi-humans with masks that make them look only slightly like Pac-Man, Dig Dug, the Prince of Cosmos, or the road from Pole Position and very much like fresh undead. These screenshots are not for the faint of heart. Proceed at your own risk. More »
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So Long Uncanny Valley
Consider the Uncanny Valley crossed... at least on some level. More »
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Uncanny Valley Crossed in 2009?
The BBC tackles the photorealistic challenge facing video game developers dubbed "the uncanny valley", that uncomfortable feeling one gets from looking at a digital recreation of a human being that looks... almost human. More »
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Harry Potter Creeping Us Out Next-Gen Style In '07
This might surprise you about as much as the sun rising from the east tomorrow, but EA is bringing another licensed sequel to every single platform on earth, summer of 2007. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will mark Harry and pal's first next-gen outing. More »
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Tiger Woods Mistakes Digital Self For Analog Self
Apparently, the graphics boys at EA are so unfreakingbelievably talented, that Tiger Woods, who probably knows Tiger Woods when he sees him, was fooled by the photorealistic digital version of himself. More »
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Uncanny GBA Scultpture
I don't know which is creepier, this sculptured example of the uncanny valley or the list of ingredients used to make it: silicone, polyurethane, clothing, human hair variable. I was already twitching at human hair, but just what the hell is human hair variable? Never mind, I don't think I want to know. More »
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We got a tip from some joker calling himself Skylab about this here indie game, KUDOS, which touts itself as a "turn-based life simulator".
Gaming is all about simulating life, really. But it's all about simulating a life you want to lead, if only for the short time that you're in the game. When I'm headshotting filthy Russian mobsters as Gabe Logan, international man of mystery, that's a life I can get into! Complicated algorithms about when I need to feed the cat, or what TV channel I should be watching, or how that date went with the whitecollar guy who lives in the next suburb... these things are infuriating. More »
KUDOS: the Poor, Desperate Man's Sims 2
We got a tip from some joker calling himself Skylab about this here indie game, KUDOS, which touts itself as a "turn-based life simulator".
Gaming is all about simulating life, really. But it's all about simulating a life you want to lead, if only for the short time that you're in the game. When I'm headshotting filthy Russian mobsters as Gabe Logan, international man of mystery, that's a life I can get into! Complicated algorithms about when I need to feed the cat, or what TV channel I should be watching, or how that date went with the whitecollar guy who lives in the next suburb... these things are infuriating. More »
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