In Real Life

Helpful Chart Explains The Difference Between "good" Hacking And "bad" Hacking

Hacking is a noble pursuit — it’s what tinkerers do to create cool new machines and innovate. But the media is obsessed with using the word “hacker” interchangeably with “criminal.” That’s why IEEE Spectrum magazine has created this helpful chart (click to enlarge), in which they try to separate out the good hacks from the bad. See if you can guess which ones are good and which are bad . . . answers are on the interactive chart at IEEE, where you can check the boxes to show only good hacks, bad ones, or neutral.


May 11, 2011
In Real Life

Strict Regulations Govern The Breasts Of Soul Calibur

Soul Calibur boss Daishi Odashima gives us a peek at the exacting measurements governing the chest sizes of the game’s femme fatales, as seen on Twitter.


May 8, 2010
In Real Life

It’s Not The Size Of The Game World, But How You Use It

Does size matter? Compare the size of these seven video game words to the amount of enjoyment you got out of playing the game for the answer. Found via Digg.


March 26, 2010
In Real Life

The Ginormous Flow Chart History Of Game Studios

Before Tecmo and Koei, before Square met Enix, before Namco found Bandai – this chart seeks to catalogue the history of game studios – spinoffs, mergers, acquisitions, defections. It’s also suitable for posterising on your laundry room wall.