Seen From Space: The Magic of the Moon

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A recent article on the BBC entitled “Moon’s Magic Still Shining Bright” caught my attention:The magic of the Moon has once again captured the imagination of politicians and scientists around the world.Forty years ago, the largest TV audience in history tuned in to watch the Apollo 8 crew reach lunar orbit. It was during this mission that the famous “Earthrise” image was captured, changing forever our perception of the planet and its place in space.And in July 1969, a small step by Neil Armstron

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IBM: Gaming Develops Unique Skills

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Some companies and employment firms may be snubbing gamers, but IBM is ready to jump on the “gaming-is-good!” bandwagon. Speaking with the BBC, IBM’s global executive in charge of games and interactive entertainment, David Laux, touted IBM’s new tools to help game designers better their products, and also spoke about the positives of gaming. “We have found across the board, if you look at different categories of games, they all have the ability to develop unique skills,” he said. “That’s fro

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Garriott considers new online fantasy game

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Space-fairing game designer talks future plans Speaking to the BBC in a look ahead to 2009, veteran game designer Richard Garriott, who visited the international space station in 2008, has revealed that he is keen to get back into gaming having departed NCsoft. Garriott - or Lord British if you prefer - was one of the founding-fathers of the Ultima series at Origin/EA, and left for NCsoft in order to craft the ill-fated Tabula Rasa, set to close in February of the new year. Talking about the

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Looking back to the future of fun

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For San Francisco readers keeping up-to-date on celebrity news, we are pleased to provide this story from The BBC. By Daniel Emery Technology reporter, BBC News As 2008 draws to a close and with 2009 just around the corner, it has been an eventful year for the games industry. Call of Duty: World at War surpassed expectations, Wii Fit showed us that you can play video games and still keep the spare tyre in check, Gears of War 2 proved the Xbox 360 was still a force to be reckoned with,

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Player profiles

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For San Francisco readers keeping up-to-date on celebrity news, we are pleased to provide this story from The BBC. By Tamsin Osborne BBC News Picture a typical player of a massively multiplayer game such as World of Warcraft and most people will imagine an overweight, solitary male. But this stereotype has been challenged by a study investigating gender differences among gamers. It found that the most hard-core players are female, that gamers are healthier than average, and that gam

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