MAME going open-source
Happy news for MAME developers. Gamasutra reports that MAME is going open source to be a “learning tool for developers.”…
Creating bacterial ‘fight clubs’ to discover new drugs
“Creating bacterial “fight clubs” is an effective way to find new drugs from natural sources.” That is the conclusion of…
Verigames: verify software by playing games
Play games to help defend — or at least debug — your nation. Formal Verification is the process of rigorously…
Turn your screen into a playable Super Mario level
Desktop application Screentendo allows you to capture an image of your screen, and export the image as a playable Super…
Zuckerberg on games and programming
In a recent online Q&A, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked about playing games as a kid, and growing up to…
JetCapsule
The JetCapsule — a luxury micro-yacht from Lazzarini Design — should be in a game: Now is that James Bond…
Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions?
“For us, that’s a big step beyond just casually intuiting that a fly fleeing a visual threat must be ‘afraid,’…
Edutainment failed me
“… it felt like being told you had to eat your vegetables before you could have a single bite of…
Deep: a video game for calm, deep breathing
“New methods for treating anxiety, trauma and mental illness are emerging at the intersection of games and therapy.” – Laura…
Videogames for Humans
Twine is a tool for making interactive fiction in the form of web pages. A new anthology curated by Merritt…