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A Space Game Gets Real
Gear

A Space Game Gets Real

By Matthew Jancer

Click Your Way To Discovery In CERN’s ‘Particle Clicker’ Game
Science

Click Your Way To Discovery In CERN’s ‘Particle Clicker’ Game

By Kelsey D. Atherton

You Don’t Really Want Online Multiplayer Videogames
Gear

You Don’t Really Want Online Multiplayer Videogames

By Colin Lecher

The NSA Has Been Infiltrating Online Games
Gear

The NSA Has Been Infiltrating Online Games

By Colin Lecher

Using A Sexy Video Game Avatar Makes Women Objectify Themselves
Gear

Using A Sexy Video Game Avatar Makes Women Objectify Themselves

By Shaunacy Ferro

Intern Reproduces 86,000 Square Miles Of British Geography In Minecraft
Gear

Intern Reproduces 86,000 Square Miles Of British Geography In Minecraft

By Shaunacy Ferro

Remembering Hiroshi Yamauchi, The Man Who Made Nintendo
Gear

Remembering Hiroshi Yamauchi, The Man Who Made Nintendo

By Colin Lecher

Here’s What We Learned About The Xbox One At E3
Gear

Here’s What We Learned About The Xbox One At E3

By Colin Lecher

Headset Zaps Video Gamers’ Brains For Better Reflexes
Gear

Headset Zaps Video Gamers’ Brains For Better Reflexes

By Colin Lecher

What We Know (And Think We Know) About The New Xbox
Gear

What We Know (And Think We Know) About The New Xbox

By Colin Lecher

Super-Real Mario Kart
DIY

Super-Real Mario Kart

By Gregory Mone

Researchers Treat Lazy Eye With Tetris
Gear

Researchers Treat Lazy Eye With Tetris

By Colin Lecher

Watch This Guy Remix Super Mario By Glitching It Out
Gear

Watch This Guy Remix Super Mario By Glitching It Out

By Colin Lecher

GameSci: What Is (Scientifically!) The Most Addictive Game Ever?
Gear

GameSci: What Is (Scientifically!) The Most Addictive Game Ever?

By Colin Lecher

7 Signs SimCity’s Creators Are Environmental Activists
Environment

7 Signs SimCity’s Creators Are Environmental Activists

By Andrew Groen

Gamer Faces $50K Fine For Mapping A Train Station
Gear

Gamer Faces $50K Fine For Mapping A Train Station

By Colin Lecher

Temple Run 2, Sequel To The Super-Popular Mobile Game, Is Out
Gear

Temple Run 2, Sequel To The Super-Popular Mobile Game, Is Out

By Colin Lecher

CES 2013: Hands On With The Razer Edge Gaming Tablet
Technology

CES 2013: Hands On With The Razer Edge Gaming Tablet

By Dan Nosowitz

Teenage Gamers Are Better At Virtual Surgery Than MDs
Health

Teenage Gamers Are Better At Virtual Surgery Than MDs

By Colin Lecher

Experience Relativity Firsthand In MIT Video Game That Slows The Speed Of Light
Gear

Experience Relativity Firsthand In MIT Video Game That Slows The Speed Of Light

By Clay Dillow

Your Kinect Will Count The Number Of People In The Room So It Can Charge You A Per-Person Rate
Gear

Your Kinect Will Count The Number Of People In The Room So It Can Charge You A Per-Person Rate

By Clay Dillow

A Brainwave-Controlled Version of “Pong”
Gear

A Brainwave-Controlled Version of “Pong”

By Ian Chant

Microsoft’s Smart Glass Is Like Apple’s AirPlay, But More So
Gear

Microsoft’s Smart Glass Is Like Apple’s AirPlay, But More So

By Dan Nosowitz

My Three Hours With the Most Violent Videogame I’ve Ever Seen
Gear

My Three Hours With the Most Violent Videogame I’ve Ever Seen

By Dan Nosowitz

The Most Incredible Toys of 2012
Gear

The Most Incredible Toys of 2012

By Corinne Iozzio

Testing the Best: Sony’s 3-D TV Eliminates the Splitscreen
Gear

Testing the Best: Sony’s 3-D TV Eliminates the Splitscreen

By Joseph A. Bernstein

The Future of Fun Is Repetitive Drudgery
Gear

The Future of Fun Is Repetitive Drudgery

By Paul Adams

Hands-On: OnLive’s Mobile App Gives Your iPad the Power of a Gaming PC
Gear

Hands-On: OnLive’s Mobile App Gives Your iPad the Power of a Gaming PC

By Dan Nosowitz

Why Baccarat, the Game of Princes and Spies, Has Become a Target for High-Tech Cheaters
Gear

Why Baccarat, the Game of Princes and Spies, Has Become a Target for High-Tech Cheaters

By Andrew Rosenblum

Nintendo Announces Wii U Console and Its Huge, Touchscreened, Tablet-Like Controller
Gear

Nintendo Announces Wii U Console and Its Huge, Touchscreened, Tablet-Like Controller

By Dan Nosowitz

Algorithm Smooths 8-Bit Pixel Art Into Cute, Bubbly Vector Drawings
Gear

Algorithm Smooths 8-Bit Pixel Art Into Cute, Bubbly Vector Drawings

By Rebecca Boyle

How L.A. Noire Rebuilt 1940s Los Angeles Using Vintage Extreme Aerial Photography
Gear

How L.A. Noire Rebuilt 1940s Los Angeles Using Vintage Extreme Aerial Photography

By Joseph A. Bernstein and Dan Nosowitz

PlayStation Network Hackers Used Amazon’s Cloud Services To Launch Their Attack, Report Says
Gear

PlayStation Network Hackers Used Amazon’s Cloud Services To Launch Their Attack, Report Says

By Rebecca Boyle

Hasbro My3D Goggles Review: Turn Your iPhone Into a 3-D Gaming Powerhouse
Gear

Hasbro My3D Goggles Review: Turn Your iPhone Into a 3-D Gaming Powerhouse

By Corinne Iozzio

Hooking a 9-Volt Battery To Your Brain Improves Your Video Game Skills, Researcher Finds
Gear

Hooking a 9-Volt Battery To Your Brain Improves Your Video Game Skills, Researcher Finds

By Rebecca Boyle

How to Set Up Your Living Room for Microsoft Kinect
Gear

How to Set Up Your Living Room for Microsoft Kinect

By Dan Nosowitz

Hacking Microsoft’s Kinect: Two Weeks In, Six Amazing Projects
DIY

Hacking Microsoft’s Kinect: Two Weeks In, Six Amazing Projects

By Dan Nosowitz

Kinect Camera Data Could Be Sold for Ad Targeting
Gear

Kinect Camera Data Could Be Sold for Ad Targeting

By Clay Dillow

Video: Engineers Turn Giant Robot Arm Into An Awesome F1 Simulator
Technology

Video: Engineers Turn Giant Robot Arm Into An Awesome F1 Simulator

By Rebecca Boyle

Human-Sized Hamster Ball Lets You Play in Virtual Worlds
Gear

Human-Sized Hamster Ball Lets You Play in Virtual Worlds

By Jill Duffy

Bayer’s Didget Blood-Sugar Monitor Attaches to Nintendo DS, Enticing Kids to Manage Health
Health

Bayer’s Didget Blood-Sugar Monitor Attaches to Nintendo DS, Enticing Kids to Manage Health

By Rebecca Boyle

Exclusive: Inside Project Natal’s Brain
Technology

Exclusive: Inside Project Natal’s Brain

By Jill Duffy

A New School Teaches Students Through Videogames
Gear

A New School Teaches Students Through Videogames

By Susannah F. Locke

A Nintendo DSi with a homebrew illustrator app open on the screen and a "flash cart" cartridge next to it.
Gear

Use it Better: Nintendo DSi homebrew guide

By John Mahoney

First Ever Video Game Census Finds Minority Characters Underrepresented
Health

First Ever Video Game Census Finds Minority Characters Underrepresented

By Stuart Fox

New York Launches Public School Curriculum Based on Playing Games
Gear

New York Launches Public School Curriculum Based on Playing Games

By Jeremy Hsu

WOW Pod
Gear

WoW Pod Meets All (Seriously, All…) of a Sedentary Gamer’s Biological Needs

By Jeremy Hsu

Unexpected Developments
Gear

Unexpected Developments

By Scott Steinberg

Games to Go
Gear

Games to Go

By Scott Steinberg

Make Your Own Game
Gear

Make Your Own Game

By Scott Steinberg

Video Games that Beef Up the Brain
Gear

Video Games that Beef Up the Brain

By Christina Hurtado

Playing Games With Science: N3wton
Science

Playing Games With Science: N3wton

By Adam Weiner

Hollywood Science: How to Make a Digital World
Gear

Hollywood Science: How to Make a Digital World

By Corey Binns

Race Against Reality
Gear

Race Against Reality

By