Scientists Create Ghosts in Lab Experiment
Scientists have figured out the science behind ghosts.
Or rather, "ghosts," since the experiments conducted by these teams concluded that whenever one feels "spooked," "haunted," or a "chill down their spine," they're actually just sensing an altered perception of their own body.
Using a robot that mimicked a blindfolded test subject's movements and lightly touched them in the back when they moved, researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology were able to accurately simulate the feelings and sensations typically reported in "supernatural" encounters. Their ability to re-create these sensations were so accurate that many test subjects felt another presence in the room besides their own.
KardBlock is Like AdBlock for the Kardashians
If you've ever wanted to escape Kardashian news while browsing the internet, a new version of AdBlock could be the answer you've been searching for.
Called KardBlock, this version of AdBlock is built for one purpose: to block out any and all mentions of the Kardashian family on whatever website you might happen to be visiting.
"We don't care about how Kanye & Kim didn't care when Amy Schumer 'fell over'. We don't care about who the Kardashians are or aren't sleeping with. We don't care that Kim dyed her hair blonde. We don't care about the Kardashians," KardBlock's James Shamsi said on its official website. He explains that the developers behind KardBlock want to "make the world a better place" by making all mention of them "disappear."
Lost Planet 3 Dev Spark Unlimited Closes
UPDATE: Spark Unlimited's John Butrovich responded to IGN's information request with the following statement:
"Yes, Spark Unlimited is closing as a video game developer. The ongoing opportunities for smaller mobile development doesn't service the needs nor desires of Spark as an entity," he said. "As such, Spark as we know will cease operations with various splinter efforts focusing on some new dynamic projects inside and outside of game development."
Developer Spark Unlimited has officially laid off its entire staff and will no longer be making games.
The news was first discovered when a member of NeoGAF spotted Spark Unlimited's assets being auctioned off on asset liquidation site CMA Auctions.
Dragon Age: Inquisition Patch Features Beard Alignment
BioWare has released the patch notes for its next update for Dragon Age: Inquisition, and one of the many fixes included in Patch 7 realigns the beards that improperly appear on some of the characters' faces.
Other changes, as detailed on BioWare's official blog, include the addition of trophies for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 versions of the Jaws of Hakkon DLC, which releases on May 26, as well as a fix for the Dragon's Bane achievement, ensuring it will unlock after killing any 10 High Dragons.
Director Shares the Origins Behind the Name Kirby: Triple Deluxe
To celebrate the first anniversary of Kirby: Triple Deluxe, director Satoshi Ishida explained what went into the creation of its title.
"...we started with a variety of ideas. One was a title that would reflect the game's theme of an adventure through floating islands," he said. "Another idea was to use the letter 'X,' since this is the tenth traditional Kirby platformer," Ishida shared via Miiverse.
"We also wanted to find a title that reflects the game's full use of Nintendo 3DS features, such as the 3D function, motion sensors and StreetPass. Something short and catchy that we could use all around the world. That's how we came up with the title '3DX' - in other words, 'Triple Deluxe'!"
GTA Online Banning For Single-Player Mods
Rockstar is reportedly banning Grand Theft Auto 5 players from GTA Online for using mods – in single-player.
Shortly after the immensely popular Grand Theft Auto 5 launched on PC in April, Rockstar told IGN that it would not tolerate mods that negatively affect the GTA Online experience.
"Our fans do some amazing things with our games," Rockstar told us last month, "but our priority is on making sure nothing detracts from the integrity of the GTA Online experience, and working to prevent anything that can potentially have a negative impact on the overall community."
Players now are saying that they're getting banned from GTA Online even if the mods they're using are kept to the offline single-player mode.
Report: Boba Fett is Next Star Wars Anthology Film
Those long-standing rumors may in fact prove true: Boba Fett is reportedly getting his own movie.
TheWrap claims that the Boba Fett standalone movie will be Disney's second planned Star Wars Anthology film, the new designation for all non-Episode, spinoff and standalone films as announced by Lucasfilm at Star Wars Celebration last month.
Chronicle and Fantastic Four director Josh Trank exited the project Friday, saying in a statement, "After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with the wonderful and talented people at Lucasfilm, I’m making a personal decision to move forward on a different path. I’ve put a tremendous amount of thought into this, and I know deep down in my heart that I want to pursue some original creative opportunities."
Quake Creators Almost Paid Modders in 1995
Although Valve's recent plan to pay mod makers was met with controversy and negative community feedback, it wasn't the first company with that kind of idea.
During the short time Valve's failed program was active, id Software co-founder John Romero spoke about id's plans to compensate Quake modders back in 1995. The developer wanted to create a company called id Net, which would have essentially functioned as a website portal for all of the Quake community modders.
"I've always believed that mod makers should be able to make money from their creations," Romero told Gamesindustry.biz. "It was to be a curated site, levels and mods chosen by us at id, and if we put your content on our network we would pay you an amount equal to the traffic that your content drove to the site. The idea was that players would log in and be in a big level that felt like a castle with lots of doorway portals and signage that explained where you were going and what was there."
The 13 Scariest Moments in Silent Hill History
Warning: This article contains spoilers for almost every Silent Hill game.
Rather than spend too much time dwelling on what's gone, I instead want to look back on the series that we all love and remember some of the good times. The terrifying times.
Here are 13 of the scariest moments in Silent Hill history.
Who’s Who on Suicide Squad
With director David Ayer giving us our first look at the entire Suicide Squad team for the upcoming movie, we created this handy infographic that lists each character's name, the actor playing them, and what they can do, plus a look at how they appear in the comics.
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