If you are given a choice, you believe you have acted freely. This is one of the darkest of all psychological secrets.
Teller, “Teller Reveals His Secrets,” Smithsonian magazine, March 2012
“The City of 7 Billion” wins $100,000 Latrobe Prize
The grant is named for architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. The Latrobe Prize is awarded biennially for research leading to innovations in architecture.
Mechwarrior Online Open Beta
I’ve posted a little bit about Mechwarrior Online. Playing in the beta for a while now has given me some great access to some fantastic content. On Monday October 29th, PGI opened up Mechwarrior Online to the general public. That’s right, now you too can play and try out the game for yourself…
“Audacity to Dream!” Made its Global Premier at TEDxISU
Astronaut Ron Garan shared this video this evening. If you take one thing away from this let it be that space exploration is not over. We’re just getting started. Posted by Dennis…
Expedition 36 Soyuz TMA-08M Photograph Captures Retro Rockets Firing During Landing
Check this picture out, it’s a stunning shot of the today’s Expedition 36 Soyuz landing. You can see the retro rockets firing before impact.
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
As part of the new Halo 4 game release, 343 industries decided to tie in a live action series. There is a stigma that games translate poorly to non-interactive storytelling and for the most part that tends to be true. Games can take anywhere from 6-8 hours to play through, that’s not including RPGs which can consume 50-70 hours, or your whole life if it’s an MMO. Having to cram all that story into an hour and a half can be a bit daunting. Thankfully director Stewart Hendler and writers Todd Helbing and Aaron Helbing have been doing a weekly webseries that uses the Halo universe but tells a story we haven’t seen yet…
Welcome to the Anthropocene – A Video About How We Affect Our World
We are the “new telluric force which in power and universality may be compared to the greater forces of earth”.