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Comment Basic Psychology (Score 1) 163

Either they gave up on using video-games as a scapegoat for neglectful parenting, or they finally figured out that video-games don't turn teenagers into psychopaths. It's sorta of obvious, at least to me that if a person with already existing psychological problems is exposed to increased levels of violence or violent images, and is easily impressionable bad things are going to happen!

Comment Automata Engine 1.0 (Score 1) 149

The Automata Engine 1.0 looks to be a step in the right direction, some of it's features:


* multilayer 3D canvas, composed of pseudo-voxels
* voxel-based sprites, composited via ink effects
* 3D sprite-based lighting
* cellular automata rule engine
* multiple rendering paths for optimization
* multithreading
* audio engine, configurable via externally defined "rules."
* time-sliced stats module -- allows sound to be tied to the number of voxels, for instance
* game levels and level transitions
* movers, colliders, streakers (objects that add cells into the environment)
* two camera impementations: simple and "follow"
* XBox, Windows, and soon Windows Mobile 7


Relevant links:
http://www.newlifeinteractive.com/main/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOu9QhWGla0

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