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Tetris, the iconic, simple but mesmerizing game of fitting little digital blocks in neatly with each other. It’s a satisfying pastime. But a new study now suggests that it could have therapeutic effects on car crash victims.

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The evidence that Russia hacked the US to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election continues to grow. The latest comes from AFP, which says that that a Russian "computer expert" was arrested in Spain today at the Barcelona airport on s...

There's a new Dizzy game that's actually quite old: it was originally supposed to be released in 1993, for NES.

Never heard of Dizzy? That's OK. It just means you probably didn't grow up gaming in Europe during the '80s and '90s. It was a big series at the time, starting in 1987 with Dizzy — The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure.

That first game was released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad PC, and Commodore 64 — remember any of those? It was created by Philip and Andrew Oliver — known as the Oliver Twins — and published by their early collaborator, the U.K.-based Codemasters. Read more...

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It’s April 10, 2017, and you know what that means. Yes, it’s the 276th anniversary of the Battle of Mollwitz (everybody knows that), but it also happens to be Leon Kowalski’s birthday. Well, Leon’s inception day to be precise. Who’s Leon Kowalski? He’s a replicant from the classic 1982 sci-fi film Blade Runner.

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Britain's rarest butterfly is the simply-named large blue, once coveted by collectors and almost driven to extinction. Now it is legally protected because they cannot be bred in captivity. Why not? That's the really weird part.

The remarkable life cycle of the large blue means it can only thrive in very particular habitats. Eggs are laid on the flower buds of wild thyme or marjoram. The larvae burrow into the flower heads and when they are about 4mm long drop to the ground and wait to be found by foraging red ants, attracting them with sweet secretions from a “honey” gland. The ants place them in their brood chamber and the larvae feed on ant grubs. They turn into butterflies, crawl above ground, and fly in midsummer.

An article at The Guardian about a case of butterfly poaching tells us how the large blue was re-introduced to Britain after it was declared extinct there in the '70s. -via TYWKIWDBI

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An anonymous reader writes: Open source guru Eric S. Raymond has announced public brainstorming on a "gallery of hacker archetypes to help motivate newbies" by defining several different psychologies commonly found among programmers. He's unveiled an initial list developed with a friend, along with some interesting commentary. (Algorithmicists often have poor social skills and "a tendency to fail by excessive cleverness. Never let them manage anyone!") Raymond cautions that "No hacker is only one of these" -- though apparently most of the hackers he knows appear to be two of them, "an indication that we are, even if imperfectly, zeroing in on real traits." But the blog post ends by asking "What archetypes, if any, are we missing?" It'll be interesting to see if Slashdot readers if they recognize themselves in any of the archetypes. But the blog post also answers the inevitable question. What archetype is Eric S. Raymond? "Mostly Architect with a side of Algorithmicist and a touch of Jack-of-All-Trades."

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Some hacks are clearly worse than others, but Dallas can at least lay claim to facing one of the loudest hacks to date. The city reports that attackers managed to set off all 156 of its emergency sirens for roughly an hour and a half between late Fr...

I first found out about Hyper Dragon Ball Z three dang years ago tomorrow, and I'm happy to report you can download and play it right now, for free, in the recently released "Champ Build" that does some fighter rebalancing and adds even more characters.

You can find instructions for doing so in the video description. It certainly looks like the best Dragon Ball Z fighter ever made, if only for the incredible art. Make more 2D fighters!

The gif-friendly Steam Early Access title Besiege is getting not one but two of its biggest fan requests: cooperative and versus multiplayer, and a level editor with Steam Workshop support for sharing. Better yet, you'll even be able to build your levels inside multiplayer with up to seven of your best buds.

With potentially eight players screwing around in Besiege at once, performance could get dicey. One of the Q&A prompts on the Multiverse website covers this exact concern. In short, "All processing for the game's physics is done on the host's computer, which means everyone else can play the game even if they have a low spec computer!" And, as an example, "If the person hosting the game can handle 500 blocks in singleplayer, then the multiplayer game will also handle 500 blocks, total, as well."

If this looks the least bit compelling to you, now's the best time to jump on Besiege. It's on sale for only $5.59 until April 14. Additionally, once the Multiverse update lands, the base price will go up from $8 to $10. (Folks who own the game prior to the update won't need to pay anything extra.)

So, when's this coming out? "We're hoping to have it released to the public by Q3 of this year but it will depend largely on how the last few phases of testing go!" In other words, "when it's done."

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In 2017, even malware is anime. Anyone affected by the new malware Rensenware, named after the anime-style game Touhou Seirensen (Undefined Fantastic Object), has to score over 200 million points on the game’s “lunatic” level or they won’t be able to access their computer files.

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A 4K restoration of Luc Besson‘s The Fifth Element will be returning to movie theaters next month in celebration of its 20th anniversary. And alongside the visionary science fiction film will be an exclusive preview of writer-director Besson’s upcoming film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Find out where, when and how you can attend one of these limited time The Fifth Element rerelease screenings below!

Presented by Fathom Events and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Fifth Element will play in more than 400 cinemas nationwide for two days only: Sunday, May 14, and Wednesday, May 17, at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (local time) each day. The Fifth Element hit theaters on May 7, 1997, so this is technically happening a week after the film’s 20th anniversary. Here’s more:

As an added bonus, the theatrical presentation will also offer audiences a brand-new, exclusive look at Besson’s upcoming film, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” which opens in theaters nationwide July 21, 2017. This new film stars Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne as special operatives who must protect the astonishing city of Alpha from a marauding menace that threatens not just the city but the future of the universe. Besson both directed and wrote “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” as he did the enormously influential “The Fifth Element.”

Tickets to The Fifth Element 20th Anniversary screenings can be purchased online at www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices. Over 400 theaters nationwide will be hosting the screenings. Following its two-day-only theatrical presentation, The Fifth Element will debut on home video in 4K Ultra HD on July 11, 2017.

I have been looking for a reason to revisit The Fifth Element, and this might be the perfect opportunity. It’s brilliant marketing to pair it with a preview of Valerian, too.

From its opening scenes in 1914 Egypt to its towering views of 23rd Century New York City, and its mind-expanding journey to the faraway world of Fhloston Paradise, “The Fifth Element” follows cab driver Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) as he discovers that the fate of the world is contained within the mysterious Leeloo (Milla Jovovich), who literally drops from the sky and into his life. To save humanity, he must protect her from the evil industrialist Zorg (Gary Oldman), who is embroiled in an intergalactic war between the Mondoshawans and the Mangalores.

The spectacular odyssey across space and time also stars Ian Holm as the mysterious Vito Cornelius, Chris Tucker as hyperactive radio host Ruby Rhod, and Luke Perry as Billy Masterson. Conceived and written by Besson when he was just 16, “The Fifth Element” became a passion project and took more than 20 years to bring to the screen. “The Fifth Element” was nominated for eight César Awards, France’s top cinematic honor, and received three awards, including Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Production Design.

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Turns out that even the human brain might use redundancy when it comes to storage. New research out of the Riken-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics suggests that memories are stored in two places in the brain: the hippocampus for short-term and t...

After the Persona 5 debacle, where even western users dealt with crazy streaming restrictions, folks posited that Sega was starting to make it a habit. I mean, they just confirmed this week that Puyo Puyo Tetris would suffer the same fate, but according to Sega itself, that only applies to Japan.

Upon reaching out to Sega, we got the following statement: "We highly encourage our American and European fans to stream the game when it comes out (there are no PS4 share button restrictions). We want them to share their experiences with the world, but we do ask them to please be conscious of revealing Adventure Mode story cutscenes."

Having read many pre-release restriction conditions before, it's no surprise that Sega errs on the safe side. Many Japanese publishers have been pretty rigid with their copyrights and streaming restrictions, and Sega is often at the top of the list, especially with rights-heavy rhythm games like the Miku series. It's going to be a while before the east wholly accepts the concept of streaming -- as my colleague Josh Tolentino points out, many of them equate it with piracy.

When McLaren Racing heads to the Bahrain Grand Prix next week, the constructor will take with it something the motorsport has not yet seen trackside: a 3D printer. The Formula One team has confirmed that as an expansion of its partnership with 3D pri...