Category: Computer Science
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The Internet Arcade
The Internet Arcade is a web-based library of arcade (coin-operated) video games from the 1970s through to the 1990s, emulated in JSMAME, part of the JSMESS software package. Containing hundreds of games ranging through many different genres and styles, the Arcade provides research, comparison, and entertainment in the realm of the Video Game Arcade. The…
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In E-Sports, Video Gamers Draw Real Crowds and Big Money
Next week we are going to read this article from the NYTimes for class SEATTLE — A bewitching creature — half woman, half deer — battles a shaman and a sentient tree. Lightning bolts strike. Weapons explode. Nasty spells are cast. The video game Dota 2, like so many across the Internet, transports teams of…
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QWOP: The appropriately strange journey of QWOP’s creator from philosopher to game professor
From Polygon Bennett Foddy had to make a difficult leap. Moving from one continent to another carries enough difficulties along with it — acquiring visas, scheduling the move, coordinating with his wife and her job, buying food for their new cat. But for Foddy, the biggest jump is not one of location but of profession.…
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Florida Kid’s “stupid App”
How a Florida kid’s “stupid app” saved his family’s home and landed him on the main stage at Facebook From PandoDaily Michael Sayman is not your average tech entrepreneur. For one thing, he’s 17 years old and started making money off iOS apps at the age of 13, rivaling even Mark Zuckerberg’s babe-like founder status.…