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‘Vandals’ combines street art and 'stealth noir' on your iPad
Paris-based indie developer Théo Le Du Fuentes goes by the name of Cosmografik, a fitting pseudonym for the creator of Vandals, a turn-based puzzle game that focuses on street art. Arriving on iOS, Android, Mac and PC on April 12th, it's being co-produced and published by ARTE, a public European TV and digital network founded in 1992.
Thieves damage South African traffic lights, reach for the juicy SIM card innards
Johannesburg, South Africa had six hundred high-tech traffic signals, each with a cellular modem and GPS chip. The idea was, if one malfunctioned, they'd call home immediately. Well, that plan isn't working out so well, because only two hundred are still in working order -- vandals ripped apart the rest to get at their SIM cards, causing traffic jams and accidents. Apparently, the government-provided cards are a ticket to unlimited free phone calls for the thieves -- at least until the individual devices are identified and their permissions revoked. The Johannesburg Roads Agency told the Mail & Guardian that the crime looks like an inside job, because only the SIM-equipped signals seem to have been targeted so far, despite looking visually identical. The damages are piling up, with the agency figuring it will require ZAR 8.8 million (roughly $1.26 million) to repair the four hundred signals currently out of order. Needless to say, the agency is looking at ways to better secure the traffic lights. We're guessing that switching to CDMA is probably off the table. Embedded SIMs, perhaps?
Confirmed: Tetris transforms gamers into vandals
var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/Confirmed_Tetris_transforms_gamers_into_vandals'; In his photo of aggressive renovations suffered by a poor building at the rock-tossing hands of vandals, Flickr user dailysnap underlines the frightening effects of unchecked Tetris exposure. Indeed, beneath the pleasantly plummeting blocks lies a slowly interlocking visage of post-apocalyptic anarchy, with the monstrous weight of each L-piece crushing the very concept of order and discipline in today's fragile youth. Rescue a window today and stop the detritus of Tetris.[Via The Next Net, thanks Mobat.]
