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John Romero Triggers War of Words 0

Submitted by 6350' on Saturday January 19 2008, @07:11PM

6350' writes "Kotaku is reporting on a heated public exchange between fallen game industry rock star John Romero and indie game publisher Mike Wilson. Romero kicked things off by posting comments on his blog, where he took aim at Wilson, who, along with his new game publishing company Gamecock, has been in the news lately for public antics. In response to Romero's comments, which alluded to the time when Mike Wilson worked for Romero at the now-infamous Ion Storm development studio, Wilson has sent a wincingly brutal public letter to Kotaku in which he unloads on Romero, their time at Ion Storm, Romero's subsequent career, and a variety of personal topics."

Elephants pass mirror test of self-awareness

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on Tuesday October 31 2006, @12:21AM

6350' writes "Researchers have published findings that elephants are now known to be in the rather exclusive club of species that can recognize themselves in mirrors, National Geographic News reports. Interestingly, some elephants in the test, which was conducted at the Bronx Zoo in New York, recognized and touched marks placed on their head while looking in the mirror. Others were seen to open their mouth and peer into the reflection, indicating an awareness that the reflection they percieved was their own. 'There seems to be some correlation between an ability to recognize oneself in a mirror and higher forms of social complexity,' one of the authors of the study notes."