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prostheticknowledge: Metroid Prime with the Oculus Rift Youtube user Cymatic Bruce has found a way to allow games from older consoles playable with the Oculus Rift headset (3D games which were not designed for this tech). Using emulators and apps, the video below discusses the set-up (jump to around the 10:10 mark to see a…
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tinycartridge: Super 3D Noah’s Ark returning to SNES ⊟ Wisdom Tree’s Super 3D Noah’s Ark is being reprinted! For SNES! If you’re not familiar with this particular unlicensed game, it’s a Wolfenstein 3D-esque (and based on Wolfenstein 3D source code, reportedly!) first-person shooter in which you, as Noah, pelt animals with fruit to put them to…
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Chris Ware is a cartoonist and the author of the extraordinary new “book” Building Stories (http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/11/05/building-stories-chris-ware/) In this interview with Debbie Millman, Ware discusses the relationship between storytelling and empathy, the challenges of giving shape to the human experience, the subtle commentary on sexuality in his work, and the role of sadness in writing. Subscribe…
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Chris Ware is a cartoonist and the author of the extraordinary new “book” Building Stories (http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/11/05/building-stories-chris-ware/) In this interview with Debbie Millman, Ware discusses the relationship between storytelling and empathy, the challenges of giving shape to the human experience, the subtle commentary on sexuality in his work, and the role of sadness in writing. Subscribe…
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Christopher Alexander: A Pattern Language
Christopher Alexander: A Pattern Language protoslacker: Just over 30 years ago, an Englishman named Christopher Alexander tried to revolutionize architecture. In A Pattern Language, Alexander told architects and planners to design homes on emotional and spiritual principles – not on traffic flow. The revolution didn’t quite come. But the book had a surprising influence on…