All Hail the Physicists!

As in my previous post about the ArcAttack madmen, here is another lovely example of physicists (who are quite possibly a little mad – I mean this in the nicest possible way) taking something that would ordinarily have quite dull scientific properties and uses, and turning it into something highly entertaining. Tennis For Two is [...]

Can you really play games on a PC?

Now that might seem like a silly, even ridiculous and redundant title, but bare with me. It was all in the interest of keeping titles snappy and short, but what I’d really liked it to have said was:
‘Can you really play games on a PC, in the sense that it is comparable with the full gamut [...]

Symantec: ‘Protect Your Chicken From Dokken’ Not Random Enough (Kimbo Slice vs. Caterpillar)

A few days ago I was impressed with Symantec’s sence of humour with regards the frankly brilliant ’Protect Your Chicken From Dokken’  ads. Now I’m a little concerned for their mental state. They used to have nice wholesome ad campaigns, where families sit around their computer and play safely on the internet – now they have a small [...]

Symantec Win ‘Most Bizarre Analogy’ Award (Dokken vs. Chicken)

Symantec are quite a serious company. Their business is very serious indeed. They are the company who bundle a year’s free anti-virus protection in with new PCs, then at midnight on the 365th day your anti-virus icon turns red and proclaims “You are no longer protected! Norton was the only thing standing between your PC and [...]

“Imperial March not evil enough” says mad scientist

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you plugged a MIDI controller into an 8 foot Tesla coil, then discharged the energy through a man imprisoned in a medieval suit of armour, in order to make incredibly sinister sounding music?
No, neither have I, but thankfully some insane physicists did, and it’s bloody brilliant!
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Take Control Of Your Life…

No, I’ve not started writing self-help (although I hear there’s good money in that), I’m talking about HCI. That’s Human Computer Interaction, and to most of us, that broadly ranges from mice and keyboards to our favourite game controllers. We’ve come a long way from the blinking command prompt, and we’re now firmly entrenched in [...]