From the ↑Charles Babbage biography at ↑The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive (University of St Andrews, Scotland): Babbage is without doubt the originator of the concepts behind the present day computer. The computation of logarithms had made him aware of …Continue reading →
‘Watch Dogs’ as presented by Ubisoft at E3 They kept it a secret until some days ago. I am not closely following the coverage of ↑this year’s E3, but from what I read it seems that a lot of …Continue reading →
zeph’s pop culture quiz #38 Who is repairing something inside the back of that head? Just leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click the ‘Leave …Continue reading →
zeph’s pop culture quiz #51 Who is just arriving here? Simply leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click the ‘Leave a comment’ at the end …Continue reading →
JAHN-SUDMANN, ANDREAS AND RALF STOCKMANN (eds.). 2008. “↑Computer games as a sociocultural phenomenon: Games without frontiers—war without tears“. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
‘Knew him personally at all, did you, sir?’ the Detective Chief Superintendent of Police asked respectfully in a voice kept deliberately low. ‘Or perhaps I shouldn’t enquire.’ The two men had been together for fifteen minutes but this …Continue reading →
Games without frontiers—war without tears Computer games as a sociocultural phenomenon In Germany a new academic book on computergames is in the making. Here is an excerpt from the ↑call for papers: As a rule Computer games remain to be …Continue reading →