science
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Science Might Know What’s Wrong With Hodor
11Look, I know it has dragons and giants, but the majority of Game of Thrones is actually grounded in some pretty brutal reality. So science can look at someone like Hodor and say, well, maybe he’s just a simple giant, but let’s try and diagnose his condition anyway.
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Don’t Blame Call Of Duty For Teenage Suicide
A British coroner has sparked anxiety among parents by linking Call of Duty, one of the most popular video games in the world, to teenage suicide.
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This Is What The Internet Sounds Like
The “cloud” isn’t some silent, nebulous power. The computing power necessary to run everything from Steam to Xbox Live to your phone’s email comes from data centres, and while they look cool, they sound like the internet is built on steam pipes and diesel.
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Special Xbox 360 Controller Knows How You’re Feeling
We never did get that Nintendo Vitality Sensor (though the company is now working on something grander). A researcher at Stanford, however, has gone and done something similar, only for an Xbox 360 controller.