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by Nicholas.Greene
Depression is one of the most common ailments suffered by people in their teens - so it's not surprising that suicide is the third leading cause of death among teens and young adults. Independent studio PixelBerry feels this statistic needs to change - so they've released a game for just that purpose.
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by Nicholas.Greene
Looks like Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe is a bit starry-eyed after Facebook's acquisition of his company. The executive this week informed an audience at Techcrunch Disrupt that he hopes to build the largest massively multiplayer game ever made: an MMO with one billion simultaneous users.
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by Nicholas.Greene
When it finally released in 2007, S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl bore very little in common with what fans were treated to when it was first unveiled in 2002. A group of modders has set out to address this problem, creating a mod which rebuilds the "lost content" seen in the alpha from scratch.
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by Nicholas.Greene
Lag may well be one of the most frustrating things a gamer will ever experience; even a minor delay can be the difference between victory and defeat. But what if that lag were to be carried over into real life? A Swedish Broadband provider decided to test this with the Oculus Rift and Raspberry Pi.
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by Nicholas.Greene
E.T. The Extraterrestrial is widely held to be the worst game ever made - so bad it contributed to the video game crash of 1983. An urban legend grew up around this awful game: that thousands of cartridges were buried in New Mexico at Atari's request.
Turns out the legend was true.
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by Nicholas.Greene
On the list of innovative ways to get the word out about your country, this one ranks pretty highly: The Denmark Ministry of Environment today announced that it has mapped out its entire country on a 1:1 scale in Minecraft. In other words, if you've ever wanted to explore Denmark, now's your chance.
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by Nicholas.Greene
I've previewed a few pieces of virtual reality tech in my time writing for Inventorspot, but KOR-FX may well be one of the most interesting yet. What makes it so unique isn't anything to do with its interaction with games, though - it's that it can be used with any other form of media, as well.
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by Nicholas.Greene
Good news, everyone! The Games for Change Festival today announced a partnership with the Tribeca Film Festival. Seen by many as the Sundance of gaming, the festival this year is both narrowing its focus and broadening its context in hopes of showing just how important games culture has become.
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by Nicholas.Greene
For anyone who doubted that the Oculus Rift has some awesome
applications outside video games, it gives me great pleasure to present
to you "Conquest of the Skies," a nature documentary being developed by
Sir David Attenborough. It'll be the first of
its kind - and hopefully first of many.
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by Nicholas.Greene
One of my favorite things about video games is definitely the music.There's actually a great deal of talent, passion, and variety in gaming's music scene. Not surprisingly, there's a host of radio stations dedicated to the music - here's just a few of my favorites.