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Is NASA A Waste of Money?

By: Tomi Vacca, Journalist
Is space something that we should explore now? With more pressing issues to deal with on our planet right now, could that money be better used?
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How Some Games Keep You Hooked

By: Tomi Vacca, Journalist
Have you ever looked back on a gaming experience and wondered why you wasted so much time playing it? This is because the developers of that game had created the illusion of engagement. But how?
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The Future Isn’t What the Future Was.

By: Tomi Vacca, Journalist
In 1985 the movie Back to the Future was made and captivated the hearts of people all around the world. Four years later in 1989 a sequel was released set in 2015, 6 years prior to when this article was written. The movie painted a very colorful picture of futuristic gadgets and how the lives of people would be 30 years in the future. Lets look back and see how we compare.
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Hytale Weekly Screenshot 1/22/21

By: Tomi Vacca, Journalist
This week the Hytale team released their newest screenshot showing some pretty interesting things. This image bring us one week closer to the full release of Hytale.
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Hytale Holiday announcement 2020

By: Tomi Vacca, Journalist

On December 18th 2020 we got another reveal from the Hytale team. This reveal included a brand new screenshot depicting Propzie (Hytale technical artist) running to give Buddhacat (Hytale social media...

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The Newest Message From the Hytale Team

By: Tomi Vacca, Journalist

This week the Hytale team finally gave us their first blogpost in a little over four months. The post gave very few verbal reveals to any new mechanics or content but it did give us a deeper insight...

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The End of an Era (Adobe Flash Player)

By: Tomi Vacca, Journalist

If you've ever played any sort of browser based game, you've no doubt heard of Adobe Flash Player. Flash is a software platform meant for a wide variety of browser based creations originally released...

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Terraria Journey’s End Summary

By: Tomi Vacca, Journalist

Terraria is an action adventure sandbox game that was developed by Re-Logic in 2011. Earlier this year Re-Logic released the last update to their extremely successful title. The update added...

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The Power of Cloudflare

By: Tomi Vacca, Journalist

You may have seen something "checking your browser" when going onto one of your favorite websites. This was Cloudflare at work. So what is Cloudflare, well to be simple Cloudflare is DDoS (Distributed...

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The Engineering Behind a Good Apple

By: Tomi Vacca, Journalist

Whether you're on the go or sitting on the couch watching TV, the apple can be a great snack or a flavoring for a variety of different dishes. But how is a good apple made? Well the most common apple...

Invisibility Lens

By: Tomi Vacca, Journalist
The 'Rochester Lens' is a multi-directional invisibility device. Simply put, a set of lenses that make whatever is behind them appear invisible.
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