Conflict Diamond - Game For Change
Download ConflictDiamond.zip (5.6MB Windows executable). This past weekend we ran the first annual Boston Game Jam in The Education Arcadelab here at MIT. I've written a summary of the event as a guest blog for Henry Jenkins.
Warcraft Teaches Spanish, Part 1
This is the first in a series of off-topic articles (not directly about cross-platform or mobile gaming) about my experience playing World of Warcraft to learn Spanish. This is the continuation of my thinking with Ravi Purushotma at MIT
Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution
If I'm searching for herbs or minerals along the terrain and one of my teammates sees one, why can't the game notify me directly? It would be like a security system in a prison: a disturbance in any part of the facility is perceived by
The Education Arcade and The Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Games Innovation Lab
Regarding my employment Throughout my time at MIT as a master student, I've worked with The Education Arcade. The project we've worked on for the last year (code-named Labyrinth) will help middle school students improve their math
Exploiting new terrain: an advantage to sociality in the slime
In particular, the solitary cells of the aggregation mutant are unable to cross a soil barrier, easily crossed by slugs. We propose that the exploitation of local food patches is an important selective benefit favoring multicellular
Boston Game Jam Summary
The core mechanic is shifting terrain up and down. Impressive, and as fun to watch as to play. Eric Rosenbaum and Jonah Elgart created a game around shifting rhythms, redirecting streams of beats to create a symphony or cacophony of
BRP Can-Am Signs Three Year Sponsorship Deal with GNCC Racing
Racer Productions, the producers of the Grand National Cross Country Series, and BRP Can-Am have signed a three-year agreement for title sponsorship of GNCC Racing
Segway x2 — 'Tuned for cross-terrain'
Just out, the new off-road model features bigger tires, higher ground clearance, seriously aggressive fenders, a wider wheelbase and new LeanSteer technology, which lets you steer by leaning in the direction you want to go.
Michelin Cross Terrain wear troubles?
I was wondering if anyone else has had bad luck with tread wear on Michelin Cross Terrain tires. I just had to replace all 4 tires after only 19k miles on my '03 stock rims. They were worn down to the tread indicators!
MIT Futures of Entertainment Conference Webcasts Posted
Webcasts for the Futures of Entertainment Conference are now online. This was a great conference at MIT a few weeks ago. Take a look at the sessions on User-Generated Content, Transmedia Properties, and Virtual Worlds ("Not the Real

Logan not solitude-friendly Herald Journal
Logan is touted as a very safe city, so as I left for lunch with a friend recently I wasn’t concerned. I parked and began to cross a busy street in a clearly marked crosswalk.
Snowshoe to host off-road race series The Charleston Gazette
The nation’s largest off-road racing series for motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles will include a stop at Snowshoe Mountain Resort this year. On June 23-24, the Pocahontas County resort will host the eighth stop in the 13-round Can-Am Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) racing series.
Have fun and work abroad in Gilroy's sister city in Japan The Gilroy Dispatch
Gilroy - A Coordinator of International Relations is needed to strengthen sister city relations, represent Gilroy at events and socials, arrange international travel, build cross cultural relationships, and teach English and American culture in Gilroy's sister city in Japan.
SKorea unveils "underwater" tank AFP via Yahoo! News
South Korea on Friday unveiled what it calls the world's best tank, capable of fording shallow rivers, defending itself against missiles and firing "smart" projectiles.
Snow Sports: Saving madness for March skiers Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Snow Bowl tackles global warming head-on Boston Globe
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- The Middlebury Snow Bowl may not have high-speed chairlifts or more than 15 named trails. But it can claim something that no other US ski resort can: It is totally and completely green.
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Jeffrey Feldman: D'Souza and the Violent Right HuffingtonPost
In his newest book, The Enemy at Home , Republican ideologue Dinesh D'Souza calmly explains that liberals in America caused 9/11, whereupon he recommends that we do to liberals what we are doing to terrorists: fight a war against them. While he never comes right out and says that Americans should kill liberals, D'Souza's book shuttles his reader swiftly to that conclusion. By defining
Jeffrey Feldman: Frameshop: D'Souza and the Violent Right HuffingtonPost
In his newest book, The Enemy at Home , Republican ideologue Dinesh D'Souza calmly explains that liberals in America caused 9/11, whereupon he recommends that we do to liberals what we are doing to terrorists: fight a war against them. While he never comes right out and says that Americans should kill liberals, D'Souza's book shuttles his reader swiftly to that conclusion. By
Robert Kingston; 1st Chief of U.S. Central Command Washington Post
Robert C. Kingston, 78, an Army general and highly decorated combat veteran who served in the early 1980s as the first chief of U.S. Central Command, which deploys ground, sea and air units to the Middle East, died Feb. 28 at Ruxton Health Care of Alexandria, a nursing home. He had complications from a fall at his home in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County.terrain+cross: michelin cross terrain | terrain moto cross homologue.fr | michelin cross terrain | terrain moto cross homologue.fr | terrain+cross