Gaming is big business — and vice versa: Play to win: The game-based economy Companies are realizing that “gamification” —…

Caspian Learning is now offering development tools for web-based simulations, including first-person over-the-shoulder view in 3D worlds: Simulations and serious…

If you’re in the Burlington, Vermont area, check out Art Hop 2010: A creative mix of art will showcase the…

“Games are an art form. I proudly wear my scarlet letter — A for art!” — Warren Spector, keynote speaker…

The Exterminator’s Want-Ad is a wickedly clever short story by Bruce Sterling (one of my favorite writers) about a dystopian…

Above: Laurentius de Voltolina meets Pac-man Students who may have been scolded by their parents for spending too much time…

Christopher Nolan does it again: Inception is a wonderfully tricky mind-game disguised as a blockbuster movie. I enjoyed it immensely.…

A giant elevated bus that drives above cars — a tunnel on wheels — too cool not to be in…

Andrew Wade has created — or discovered, if you prefer — a self-replicating pattern in Conway’s Game of Life. New…