Crazy optical illusion watch tells time, but only if you know how to look
Yahoo! News - Remember those Magic Eye pictures that were all over the place in the mid-1990s? Technically called autostereograms, they're designs that look random at first glance, but if you look at it just the right way, a 3D picture emerges. Now Japanese …

The Latest Solution For Europe Solves Absolutely Nothing
The latest revolution of the Euro Crisis Cycle has brought us back to talks of restructuring Greek sovereign debt through "Private Sector Involvement" (PSI), which are somehow taking place in a Universe where debt restructuring is not allowed to be confused with "debt default" or "bankruptcy".

2012 Sundance Film Festival Recap
The 2012 Sundance Film Festival concluded its 11-day run in Park City, Utah on Sunday, a day after announcing award winners in nearly 30 categories.

Tips from a combat designer: The art of boss design
[In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Vigil Games' Mike Birkhead ooks at how movie boss fights satisfy audiences more consistently than games, and presents tips for designing game bosses.] Boss fights are the linch pin of your entire combat experience, possibly your entire game, as one bad experience is all it takes to bring your game to a screeching halt. Something so important, so ...