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08.26.08A Mesh of Chips: Rendering Virtual Worlds and Saying Goodbye to the Second Life Prim?I've been gorging on chips lately, and it feels like the time I went to the UK and discovered that the 'crisp' can be a meal - where I'm from you have sour cream and onion and BBQ and a few others, but over in England they pack a feast into your typical bag of crisps - think roasted chicken flavour, think beef with horseradish, or for all I know think curried goat with a side of rice and peas. So when I got a taste of AMD's new Radeon card, it was like getting a taste of a bigger buffet ...
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06.24.08Social Issues Gaming Movement: Grants for ChangeAMD, one of the world's most successful developer of micro devices, is branching out into the social issues gaming movement by offering up grants to four non-profit groups to implement the company's Changing The Game program. Changing The Game allows for developers, including high school students, to develop video games with a social awareness angle. For example, students at Canarsie High School in Brooklyn, NY are busy creating Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City, a game that explores the vital aid that residents offered New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Continue Reading...
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