Jez Burrows edited this “supercut of video game characters taking a break from solving crime or shooting people to enjoy a meditative minute of miserable weather.”
“It’s Rain in Games, Part I” (via Waxy)
Airplane Mode is a new game that simulates the exciting experience of a long plane flight in economy class. From your seat, you can watch the jet taxi and take off, enjoy snacks and meal service, dig around in your personal item carrier, play sudoko, read a book, fiddle with lights and air, or watch […]
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The newly-released Microsoft Flight Simulator has been made fun of for some peculiar generative results of its world-spanning simulation of planet Earth, but it is a stunningly realistic experience all the same. This video compares the in-game graphics to footage shot from drones, and it’s a very effective advertisement. And no, it does not let […]
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You’ve doubtless seen the tacky 3D house tours on real estate listings: crude, badly-coded gamelike experiences similar to Myst, garnished with bad user interfaces and enragingly inoffensive music. What if one of those house tours was of a bad house? Corpsepile’s The Open House offers a 3D house tour of a perfectly normal suburban abode. […]
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Everybody knows Adobe Premiere is such a powerful editing tool that it’s one of the go-to platforms professional editors use to cut many of the world’s biggest films and TV shows. However, a resource with that much utility can actually turn out to be a double-edged sword sometimes. Adobe Premiere has so much functionality and […]
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If you’re a fan of edibles, then you already know this, but for everybody else, a look at the price of some standard edibles might shock you. Depending on the dosage, an edible baked good is often about $15 to $20. A weed-infused lollipop is $10 to $12. And a pound of butter with a […]
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You may not be a fan of paper straws. And honestly, we don’t blame you. They’re almost universally ill-equipped to handle their one job. But as sub-par as most paper straws are, most of us would agree they’re better than the usual alternative. Single-use plastic straws are part of a plastic scourge that has landfills […]
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