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In Real Life

Chalk Warfare Will Make Your Childhood Feel Incomplete

Where the hell was this when I was a kid? Why did no one tell me about this hardcore spin-off of chalk gameplay?

September 15, 2011
In Real Life

The Most Painful Falcon Punch You’ll Ever See

You can’t go blasting your best friend through a wall and not expect a little payback. Remember kids: the Falcon Punch is not a toy.

January 27, 2011
In Real Life

New Surgical Special Effects Are All Smoke And Bloody Mirrors

Realistic rendering of smoke and blood isn’t just a game developer problem. Engineers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York have come up with a novel way to give surgical students the virtual blood and gore they need.

January 5, 2011
In Real Life

The Making Of Tron Legacy Goes Beneath The Skin

The Making of Tron: Legacy from Michael Keane on Vimeo.

Disney’s Tron: Legacy may have been about as good as the original—which is to say that it’s exceedingly average—but the 2010 follow-up to the ’80s video game adventure was certainly visually dazzling. Thank Digital Domain for that.

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