links for 2007-07-04

By Michael Huang on July 3, 2007 9:25 PM | 0 Comments

Video games rob reading, homework time: U.S. study - Yahoo! News

Boys spend less time reading and girls spend less time doing homework when they play videogames after school

(tags: gaming videogames education)
Brad Bird, Ratatouille, and the art of directing animation. - By Josh Levin - Slate Magazine

(tags: cgi art animation bradbird director movies pixar ratatouille)
Taking the iPhone Apart

Deconstructing iPhone reveals a huge profit margin.

(tags: hardware iphone marketing technology)
The Escapist - To Catch a Farmer

Not just any farmer, a gold farmer...

(tags: online mmog game videogames farming)
Brickshelf Gallery

Lego Pokemon Gallery

(tags: videogames lego games pokemon nintendo)
Lost Garden: Short thoughts on games and interaction design

(tags: games design interface ui web webdesign webdev)
The trouble with serious video games. - By Justin Peters - Slate Magazine

(tags: children education games seriousgames gamedev)
Clockers

Clockers: The movie "Hackers" redone as steampunk

(tags: audio media parody steampunk writing movies)
NASA - NASA Telescope Picks Up Glow of Universe's First Objects

(tags: nasa astronomy stars light)

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