Interesting Links for 10-09-2012
- Fascinating discussion of narrative in game with one of the people behind Portal and Portal 2.
(tags: games valve narrative storytelling ) - Amanda Palmer asks the worst thing that's happened in your bedroom. There are many answers.
(tags: twitter bed AmandaPalmer ) - On Canon, Dr Who, and the geekish tendency to fence in stories
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(tags: DrWho canon narrative ) - Meet Dan Spitz, Anthrax Guitarist Turned Master Watchmaker
(tags: clock watches life time music ) - 5 True Stories Cut from Movies for Being Too Unrealistic
(tags: true_story truth movies ) - Every time I read about Valve I want to work there more...
(tags: games business valve ) - Heterogeneous parallel programming - an explanation for laypeople
(tags: Technology computers ) - NHS watchdog claimed that whistleblower Kay Sheldon was mentally ill
(tags: EpicFail mentalhealth nhs ) - DRAGONCON 2012 - Gangnam Style Music Video. Oh, the costumes.
(tags: video music cosplay convention ) - The dark secret of arcade crane games: 17 times out of 18, you will lose
(tags: cheating games ) - The Tragedy of the European Union and How to Resolve It
(tags: economics currency finance europe viaFanf ) - A virus that kills cancer: languishing due to lack of £1m for further testing
(tags: cancer virus health ) - Mischief Managed: the Harry Potter Retrospective - the whole series in 13 minutes.
Cue people complaining that their favourite moment wasn't in there.
(tags: video movies harrypotter ) - 34.5% of US Internet Population not using Facebook/Twitter - a further 31% won't use them to sign in.
(tags: security twitter facebook ) - The fire-retardant in your sofa is probably giving you cancer. And not preventing fires.
(tags: politics usa fire cancer ) - How To See The Future (If you are not _blown away_ by the present day, you are not paying attention)
(tags: scifi thefuture technology ) - A Terrifying Way to Discipline Children (What century are these people living in???)
(tags: viaSkreidle children punishment EpicFail school ) - Making people log in to unsubscribe from email is against Federal Law
(tags: email law usa ) - Okay, why did nobody tell me of "Pythagosaurus"? Bill Bailey, maths _and_dinosaurs?
(tags: BillBailey mathematics dinosaurs video funny ) - 60% of MSPs believe that drug policy isn't working
(tags: politics drugs scotland ) - The Green Party has just committed to the right of workers to buy out companies and turn them into co-ops.
(tags: finance business cooperation green politics ) - New research reveals tap water could explain some of Scotland's liver-disease problems.
(tags: liver scotland water alcohol )
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