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Comment on Some thoughts about video game violence by The War Obsession of Video Games « Shai Shapira

The War Obsession of Video Games « Shai Shapira — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:02:19 +0000

[...] a problem with violence in video games. I do have a problem with evil in video games as I’ve explained before, but games based on fighting are fine – the problem is when *every* game is based on [...]

Comment on Things that make programmers smile by Shai Shapira

Shai Shapira — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:52:13 +0000

Excellent! They must have the same designer

Comment on Things that make programmers smile by qubodup

qubodup — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:26:43 +0000

Berlin subway, recently: http://www.flickr.com/photos/qubodup/8185174400/in/photostream

Comment on Call for a different kind of food website by Shai Shapira

Shai Shapira — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:03:34 +0000

I noticed that… Nice. But of course, we need to go a little bit deeper – dollars per calorie is only one measure of many, as can be seen by the fact that sugar, oil and shortening are not exactly a recommended meal, even for the robot-oriented eater.

Comment on Call for a different kind of food website by Shahar

Shahar — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:40:21 +0000

From the recent xkcd what-if (http://what-if.xkcd.com/22/):
In dollars per calorie, the cheapest energy sources in the supermarket are refined sugar, oil, and shortening

Comment on Gaming your way to language learning by Enjoying HTML5 « Shai Shapira

Enjoying HTML5 « Shai Shapira — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:36:54 +0000

[...] is it economical? My first HTML5 game has so far gained an impressive 5 US cents through Kongregate’s profit sharing system. [...]

Comment on Computational Mnemonics by More about language games « Shai Shapira

More about language games « Shai Shapira — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:48:57 +0000

[...] hour later. So the next challenge would be retaining the knowledge. This brings me back to what I asked a long time ago about mnemonics – if they can help us learn so much in such a short time, can [...]

Comment on Gaming your way to language learning by More about language games « Shai Shapira

More about language games « Shai Shapira — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:48:52 +0000

[...] the previous post I said that if the Serpent Scribe of Kyoto was a success, I’ll try to continue making [...]

Comment on Alphabet Snake by Gaming your way to language learning « Shai Shapira

Gaming your way to language learning « Shai Shapira — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:48:36 +0000

[...] Yes – as usual, it’s an old idea I recycled. I like doing [...]

Comment on Mr. Burns, behind you by Shai Shapira

Shai Shapira — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:26:51 +0000

I doubt if there are too many potential donors among my readers, but why not…