Category: Games

Yusra Mardini

Yusra Mardini: Olympian!

This young lady has an amazing story of bravery and perserverance: Mardini’s house was destroyed in the Syrian Civil War.[7] Mardini and her sister Sara decided to flee Syria in August 2015.[8] They reached Lebanon, and then Turkey, where they arranged to be smuggled into Greece by boat with 18 other migrants,[8] though the boat was meant to be used by no more than 6 […]

deep blue vs kasparov. Creator: TOM MIHALEK

Remember Deep Blue and Kasparov?

This shows just how much my husband occupies space in my mind lol: I was deeply interested in this story at the time I first heard of the development of this computer (late ‘95) but then Brian and I fell in love (early ‘96) and I completely forgot about it. I was working on a […]

Building Non-Linear Narratives in Horizon Zero Dawn

They had not gone far before they saw the Mock Turtle in the distance, sitting sad and lonely on a little ledge of rock, and, as they came nearer, Alice could hear him sighing as if his heart would break. She pitied him deeply. What is his sorrow? she asked the Gryphon, and the Gryphon […]

GPU-Based Procedural Placement in Horizon Zero Dawn

They had not gone far before they saw the Mock Turtle in the distance, sitting sad and lonely on a little ledge of rock, and, as they came nearer, Alice could hear him sighing as if his heart would break. She pitied him deeply. What is his sorrow? she asked the Gryphon, and the Gryphon […]

Player Traversal Mechanics in the Vast World of Horizon Zero Dawn

They had not gone far before they saw the Mock Turtle in the distance, sitting sad and lonely on a little ledge of rock, and, as they came nearer, Alice could hear him sighing as if his heart would break. She pitied him deeply. What is his sorrow? she asked the Gryphon, and the Gryphon […]