The latest entry in the games-as-art argument, Heavy Rain is the spiritual secret to the controversial Indigo Prophecy, one of the rare "interactive storytelling" type games that has made a dent on the market since Phantasmagoria. Personally, I think I would enjoy the game, but since I don't have a PS3, that's not going...
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Yahtzee takes on Heavy Rain
Water runs uphill in mysterious silicon etching
Bet you weren't expecting that headline tonight, were you? Well, it's about as literal as I could get. Some enterprising boffins at the University of Rochester used a high-powered laser to etch microscopic patterns in silicon such that water overcomes its own hydrophilia and goes in whatever direction they please. This is very much...
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Xbox 360 Slim on the way?
Some rumors are swirling regarding a possible "slim" version of the Xbox 360. And why not? The console being sold is the same one they were selling... wow, is it more than four years ago now? Of course, the ones they sell now run a little cooler, and don't have an enormous failure rate,...
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Metroid Other M: No Nunchuk, No Cry
When Nintendo first unveiled Metroid Prime, fans were skeptical (if not downright apeshit). For a 2D adventure game based on exploration, how could it possibly work in first person? Long story short, Metroid Prime was pretty much universally loved upon release, and now that the Metroid Prime trilogy has gone on to become something...
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“Bloom” light shows what’s possible with 3D-printed decor
Doesn’t this look like something you’d see in an alien’s house? It is in fact real, and is a lamp design by Patrick Jouin for MGX, a group that does lighting via 3D printing techniques. We’ve posted a few times about Shapeways, which does fabrication of submitted 3D models, but these are designer.
I think...
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