Photo: Eric Blackmon Photography I heard his voice as Trooper 4 while playing Halo: Reach .

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Zachary Levi Talks STEM Skills, Digital Literacies and Human-Centric Tech

It’s been widely reported that we’ve fallen far behind in STEM education, that our children just aren’t proficient at math, science, technology,or engineering.

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Girls Impress FIRST Championship With Project That Could Save Lives

“ The Avengers sure was a fantastic movie, but what would be really great is if there were a videogame,” said no one. In response, Ubisoft and Marvel said Thursday that they will release Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth this fall. While the announcement did not contain any details as to what type of videogame this would be, the two platforms should give us something of a clue: Kinect and Wii U

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Avengers Videogame Coming to Kinect, Wii U

Sega’s Monster World IV was translated into English for the Wii’s Virtual Console. Image: Nintendo Nobody remembers anymore that Wii even has a Virtual Console service, but even as it lies on its deathbed Sega can still find more games in the Wonder Boy series to release for it at exaggerated prices

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Even More Wonder Boy Games to Wii Virtual Console

Effective May 20, the Nintendo DSi will cost $99.99. Nintendo is lowering the price of the DSi to $100 and DSi XL to $130, it said Thursday. The new prices go in effect on May 20.

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Nintendo Drops DSi Prices to $100, $130

Kevin Hartz CEO of Eventbrite and an angel investor is waiting out this investment cycle. Photo: Jon Snyder/WIRED Kevin Hartz is sitting this one out. Sure, Hartz is busy with his day-job as CEO of online ticketing startup Eventbrite , but it’s not a time management thing that keeps him from his usual angel-investing habit

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Angel No More: Why One of Silicon Valley’s Savviest Investors Has Shut His Wallet

Image: Ronimo Games About 30 seconds into my first actual match of Awesomenauts , I had a moment of déjà vu. I’d just stood behind an army of friendly bots and wailed on the X button repeatedly to finish off an enemy turret when memories of many wasted summer hours came flooding back: “I’m playing 2-D Monday Night Combat , aren’t I?” No one warned me ahead of time that Awesomenauts is just another in a long list of arena-battle games taking direct inspiration from the old WarCraft III mod “Defense of the Ancients.” But it is. In this giant game of competitive tower defense, you and an enemy team attempt to destroy each other’s base — in this game it’s a “drill core”; in Monday Night Combat it was the “money ball.” There are automatically generated robot allies, turrets and an in-battle upgrade shop.

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Review: Awesomenauts Combines Arena Battles, 2-D Aesthetic

Image: Irrational Games BioShock Infinite , originally scheduled to be released October 16, has been pushed back to February 26, 2013, Irrational Games said Wednesday. The developer also said that it would not show the anticipated shooter at the E3 or Gamescom trade shows this year. “It means a bit more waiting, but more importantly, it means an even better BioShock Infinite , said creative director Ken Levine in a statement.

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BioShock Infinite Delayed to 2013, Pulled From E3

Gacha machines in Yokohama, Japan. Japanese social game makers say they will discontinue the sales tactic inspired by these machines. Image: shibuya246/ Flickr /CC BY-ND 2.0 Six Japanese social game publishers, including powerhouses Gree and DeNA, will put an end to the “complete gacha” microtransactions that drew the attention of the government’s Consumer Affairs Agency .

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Japan’s Social Game Publishers Nix Controversial Gacha Sales

How IGN Makes Small Changes for Mass(ive) Effect What follows are seven tweaks gaming site IGN made to its homepage. Employing the A/B testing methodology, IGN is constantly modifying its site looking for those small changes in wording, placement, even color and form that will yield huge increases in click-through rates. Original Version -click image for Revised Version Revised Version -click image for Original Version 1.

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The A/B Test Results Are In