Lauren Admire Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Full Spectrum Gamer

In response to “Gaming’s Social Contract” from The Escapist forum:I miss the days where games had cheat codes you could input if you ...

By Lauren Admire Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2010

SCIENCE!

Science!: Locust Swarms and Shoplifting

Locust Brain Grows 30 Percent When Swarming We’ve heard of people changing their style to better fit in with the crowd, but swarming ...

By Lauren Admire Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2010

News

Play PopCap Games, Be Smarter

A new study conducted by East Carolina University shows that playing Bejeweled may just make you smarter. Researchers monitored the brainwaves of 40 ...

By Lauren Admire Legacy AuthorMay 26, 2010

SCIENCE!

Science!: Tongue Breathing and Synthetic Cells

First Synthetic, Self-Replicating Cell Created Dr. J. Craig Venter and other research scientists have created the first live cell to house an entirely ...

By Lauren Admire Legacy AuthorMay 24, 2010

News

Brighten Up Your Monday With Super Mario Galaxy 2 Tunes

Mahito Yokota, one of the composers of the original Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack, recently posted all 50 songs from the sequel on his ...

By Lauren Admire Legacy AuthorMay 24, 2010

Misc

The 15 Best Mario Items You Should Own

In addition to our 15 Best Mario Related Videos on the Internet roundup, we thought we’d also track down the top 15 coolest, ...

By Lauren Admire Legacy AuthorMay 21, 2010

News

Iron Man Fan Creates Functional War Machine Suit

What happens when comic books meet cosplay? A frickin’ awesome War Machine suit, that’s what. When he heard the new Iron Man movie ...

By Lauren Admire Legacy AuthorMay 20, 2010

SCIENCE!

Science!: The Best Illusions of the Year!

Trick Your Fat Into Losing Itself So, there are two different types of fat in our bodies: energy-using brown fat and energy-storing white ...

By Lauren Admire Legacy AuthorMay 17, 2010

News

Fake Yoyo Master Trolls News Stations

Kenny “K-Strass” Strasser has been making the rounds as a self-proclaimed yoyo professional, but he’s actually just the best troll ever. The fluff ...

By Lauren Admire Legacy AuthorMay 12, 2010

SCIENCE!

Science!: Murderous Robots and Pea Aphids

Amazing Pea Aphids Make Their Own Colors The minuscule pea aphids are able to synthesize carotenoids, a feat once only achievable by vegetables. ...

By Lauren Admire Legacy AuthorMay 10, 2010

News

Farmvillain: Farmville’s Evil Twin

Have you ever lamented your inability to slaughter cows or grow magic mushrooms in Farmville? Welcome to FarmVillain, Farmville’s evil (and much more ...

By Lauren Admire Legacy AuthorMay 7, 2010

News

Farmville Loses 4 Million Players in April

As Facebook makes changes to its previously game-friendly system, Zynga and other casual game developers are rapidly losing their loyal players. Farmville users ...

By Lauren Admire Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2010

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