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Then you have failed to read much about the Sierpinski Gasket. Check wikipedia, or if you actually want to learn about it, read Chaos and Fractals by Peitgen et al.

Actually, you can have half a dimension, e.g. the Cantor set or Sierpinski Gasket

good piece, very entertaining. except, please, fix your audio levels on your videos

could someone, anyone, tell me who that guy is that yahtzee jumps over on a dirt bike in this video. it's right when he says "i'm a man's man".

Yes, it is unfortunate that such a lack of savior faire is characteristic of those at the apex of gaming. Maybe it's akin to the lack of mental faculties most sports heroes exhibit in post-game interviews. Perhaps that is why Wiebe is portrayed as the hero in King of Kong, to give us a...

I enjoyed this article a lot and agree with many major points you give. I think that games that have much tragedy are often moving. However, I think it's easier to be moved by tragedy. Most powerful classical music pieces are in minor keys. It takes real work to impress someone with a major...

Cross-fecal contamination? What are you talking about? Also, yes, clowns are creepy, but you should understand that most games you talk about come from Japan, which is extremely different from America, culturally. Their advertisements are filled with cartoonish, happy art, and it is simply...

In games, you are often only presented with the unambiguous moral path out of necessity. It wouldn't make any sense if, say, in Super Mario Bros., you stopped to ponder whether the princess wants to be with Bowser instead, because then you'd just stop playing. There is no other option. Rescue...

I agree, but I think it's somewhat obvious. Machines built to engage the least common denominator based on profits will always be sub par. And independent products will be hit or miss. Comparing games to movies is very overdone and nothing new was said here.

I have to slightly disagree with this thread. As a gamer, I am immune to the barks, but I feel they are necessary for an immersing game. Take FF7 Crisis Core for example: I was playing this the other day while my girlfriend was playing a different game. About ten minutes into it, she...

who is that guy that he always has a picture of? in this one he was there when he was talking about "innocent people"