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Turn An Ivy League Building Into Donkey Kong’s First Level
Lerner Hall is Columbia University’s student center, opening in 1999. Its ramped interior, visible through the glass facade, also resembles the girder level of Donkey Kong. You see where this is headed. Some students want to reenact, in live action, Donkey Kong in this building. They reckon they need $1,000, to cover the costs of…
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NBA Owner Looks To Facebook Games
Mark Cuban, the forward-thinking owner of HDNet and the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, is looking to Farmville-style games as a way to boost his team’s fanbase and increase his network’s productivity. Cuban, on his blog, put out a call for developers of social games who can build “consumer and corporate applications. I’m not looking for knockoffs…
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Games-Addicted NFLer Doesn’t Make The Team
Quinn Pitcock, who climbed up from the rock bottom of self-described games addiction to give his NFL career another shot, did not make the final cut with the Seattle Seahawks. An all-America defensive lineman at Ohio State, Pitcock’s first stint in the NFL, with the Colts, flamed out thanks to a combination of depression and…
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NBA 2K11’s Move To Move Began With Dunks
We’ve known since E3 that NBA 2K11 would be playable with the PlayStation Move. Today, 2K Sports gave the first details as to how the game will be played with the new motion controller. The studio didn’t provide any video of Move in action with the game, unfortunately. Still, it does describe some of the…
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Here’s A Guy Sealed In A Vacuum Bag Playing Mario Kart
Every time I think I would really enjoy spending some quality time in Japan, I see something like this, and then I just don’t know. What can I really say about this? What can anyone say, other than “Don’t do this, it is a really bad idea.” My mother spent a good fifteen years keeping…
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Power Up The Tiny Little Tractor Beams
Researchers from the Australian National University have built a working tractor beam of sorts, ensuring that those wily rebels won’t get far, as long as their spaceship is the size of tiny glass particles. We might not be towing starships anytime soon, but if you need to move small particles about a meter and a…
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Why Shouldn’t Your Console Get Its Own Tower?
LevelUp initiates tower defense against gaming clutter with a series of stylish all-in-one gaming storage solutions that make your console the base of its own video game tower. I’m constantly battling with video game clutter myself, particular with my game controllers. While I’ve yet to find a storage solution more convenient that halfway sticking out…
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Bumper Stickers For Proud Gamer Parents
Any kid can get on the honor roll, but how many can get through Super Mario Bros. without using a warp pipe? These are the sort of accomplishments any gaming parent would be proud to display on their bumper. While I’m not a big fan of bumper stickers, if I were inclined to deliver a…
By Mike Fahey
