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The wildlife of NYC is much maligned, and yet every honest-to-God New Yorker knows these scrappy, hard-bitten creatures are an integral part of experiencing the city. Maybe you saw a rat as big as Corgi attack a Corgi the size of a slightly smaller Corgi!? Perhaps you encountered a roach trying to sell you a…
Kirby Delauter, a Frederick County (Maryland) Council Member threatens a local journalist (Bethany Rodgers) for … using his name without permission in a newspaper article. No, really: Uh, Council Member: In our country, newspapers are actually allowed to write about elected officials (and others) without their permission. It’s an avantgarde experiment, to be sure, but…
Jan. 5, By Christian Murray Long Island City residents have been calling for a neighborhood hardware store for years. Now they have one and it is located at 47-17 5th Street. Kitchen Plus More, which sells everything from screw drivers to pots & pans, opened on Christmas Eve with its owner promising quality products at…
The Economist’s recent list of the 25 most influential economists did not include a single woman. Many male former central bankers and regional Federal Reserve Bank governors were included on the list, but the Economist gave itself a special rule to exclude active central bankers, which meant that Janet Yellen—arguably the world’s most influential economist—didn’t make the list. University…
Supercut Videos has released a new supercut of people saying “it’s not what it looks like” in movies. A full list of the films, in order of appearance, can be found in the video’s description on YouTube. Another cliché phrase on the silver screen exposed. This week’s video brings us, “It’s not what it looks…
Image via WBZ-TV video Early Sunday morning, a Boston police officer used an everyday occurrence, an Uber ride home in the wee hours, to help his department advance its community relations with a groundbreaking new strategy: meet with members of racial minorities, then insult and beat them. Allegedly. According to a police report obtained by DigBoston of events that…
Monument Valley, one of the most celebrated mobile games of 2014, has fallen victim to the high rate of piracy on Android platforms. Just 5% of Android installs of Monument Valley are paid purchases, developer Ustwo Games has revealed. Interesting fact: Only 5% of Monument Valley installs on Android are paid for. 40% on iOS….
2014 is the year television broke. No, not my TV, that thin black thing that sits and gets dusty while my laptop overheats on my stomach. If you’re looking to grieve, then do so for the television model itself (although you’d have to be a network CEO to not see this death as a blessing)….
The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra’s community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. If you’re creating anything procedural, you’re almost guaranteed to come in need of random numbers at one point. And if you want…
After a difficult 2014, there’s cause for optimism as we head into the New Year. We ask developers and analysts what they’re looking forward to in 2015 In a lot of ways, 2014 felt like a transitional year for games, and like any period of change, it wasn’t without its pains. Even discounting the ugliness…