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Last week I posted Chris DePrisco’s fiber laser rendition of Jonathan Coulton’s “Still Alive”, the ending theme from Portal, with an implied suggestion that Portal 2‘s “Want You Gone” receive similar treatment. Well it did. Twice. From two completely different types of lasers.
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Gamers young and old dream of the possibility of being sucked into the world of their favourite video game. Over the Weekend I witnessed live action renditions of Atari classics Kaboom and Asteroids at the Come Out and Play Festival.
While we’re busy fumbling through dark corridors and navigating twisting platforms searching for health packs, food and other esoteric life-saving items, the Air Force is healing wounds with lasers and nanotechnology.
