Video games developed in Japan
Nintendo museum to open in Japan in October
Japan's Nintendo said on Aug. 19 that it will open its much-awaited first museum on October 2 featuring vintage video games and an interactive shoot-em-up with "Super Mario" characters.
The museum in Kyoto's Uji city is located inside a renovated old factory built in 1969, where the gaming giant began life making Western-style and Japanese playing cards and later repaired consoles.
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Thessaloniki: Canadair dumped tons of water on a hotel during an exercise
There was panic as people were taken by surprise, but there were no injuries
Bob Katsionis: Shreds ‘Mon Amour’ from Eurovision – Slimane’s Reaction (videos-photo)
With a series of red hearts, the 34-year-old who enchanted Europe with his voice praised the Greek musician
PM Mitsotakis announces today from the Our Ocean Conference the Island Decarbonization Fund
It is a mega project aimed at turning the islands "green"
Next Super Mario film in 2026, Nintendo says
Mario, the world's favorite Italian plumber, will hit the silver screen again in 2026 following the last movie's huge success, Japan's Nintendo and U.S. animation studio Illumination said.
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France's mystery 'Invader' marks cities with art
For the Paris Olympics, it could almost be a new sport: Score points by hunting down mosaics that a mystery artist who calls himself "Invader" has cemented to walls across France's capital, the world and even had carried aloft to the International Space Station.
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Researchers can now 3D-model a room just from your eye reflections
The researchers came up with one real-world scenario to try this gear out in
US teen becomes first human to beat Tetris
A U.S. teenager has beaten classic computer game Tetris, forcing it into a game-ending glitch in a feat previously achieved only by artificial intelligence.
Willis Gibson, 13, a competitive gamer known as "blue scuti," became the first human to reach the "kill screen" of the Nintendo version of the puzzle game, as fellow players followed his progress online.
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Top Tier Gaming Without Breaking the Bank
The global gaming industry now commands a net worth of upwards of $300 billion a year. There are many reasons behind why this media sector, once a close market rival of Hollywood, radically outgrew all other forms of entertainment in the 21st century.
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Beyond the Raids: A day in the life of a Viking (video)
Back home these brutal warriors had keep up a certain standard of living