The Video Game History Foundation has unveiled its digital library, a massive undertaking that makes the organization's own materials as well as some private collections available for anyone to read. This project was first announced in December 2023, and the collection is still in early access. The VGHF said it would continually be working to digitize and add more content to the library.Even though this will be an ongoing endeavor, there is already a whole lot to check out. The library includes out-of-print publications like Electronic Gaming Monthly and Nintendo Power alongside industry trade magazines, which casual players might never have the chance to read otherwise. There are also materials from behind the scenes of game development, such as video recordings of developer Cyan's work on the landmark game Myst and interviews with the team. You can also find press kits, promotional materials and all sorts of other ephemera. Everything is free to browse, just like a regular public library.In short, this is amazingly cool for gaming nerds.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/the-video-game-history-foundations-online-library-is-now-open-213118544.html?src=rss

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The White House stenographers have a problem.Donald Trumpis talking so much, the people responsible for transcribing his public remarks are struggling to keep up with all the words.There were more than 22,000 onInauguration Day, then another 17,000 when Trump visiteddisaster sitesin North Carolina and California. Its enough to strain the ears and fingers of even the most dedicated stenographer, especially after four years ofJoe Bidensrelative quiet.Now there are discussions about hiring additional staff to keep up with the workload, according to people with knowledge of the conversations who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal matters.The flood of words is one of the most visible or audible shifts from Biden to Trump, who craves the spotlight and understands better than most politicians that attention is a form of power. Hes been speaking nearly nonstop since starting his second term, drowning out dissenting voices and leaving his opponents struggling to be heard.Take Wednesday, for example. During a signing ceremony for legislation toaccelerate deportations, Trump, a Republican, talked up his accomplishments, claimed Hamas wasusing U.S.-funded condoms to make bombsin Gaza, defended his administrations efforts tofreeze federal spendingandreduce the government workforce, veered through descriptions of migrant violence and made the surprise announcement that Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, would be usedas a detention centerfor people who are in the U.S. illegally.Trumps commentary remains laden with falsehoods, including baseless allegations aboutvoter fraudand assertions that California water policies worsenedthe recent wildfires.Sometimes he speaks off the cuff about consequential geopolitical matters, such as a recent suggestion that Palestinians should bedisplaced from Gazawhile the enclave is rebuilt. It can be hard to know when to take him seriously, like when he muses about serving a third term, which the U.S. Constitution does not allow.But now that Trump is back in the presidency, its hard to ignore him.Hes dictating the news on his terms, said Michael LaRosa, who worked as a television producer before serving as a spokesperson for former first lady Jill Biden. Hes become Americas assignment editor.Most presidents try to start their terms with a bang, seizing the moment when their influence could be at its peak. However, Trump is in a different league.Biden, a Democrat, spent 2 hours and 36 minutes talking on camera and used 24,259 words in his first week in office four years ago, according to numbers generated by Factba.se.Trumps comparable stats: nearly 7 hours and 44 minutes and 81,235 words last week. Thats longer than watching the original Star Wars trilogy back-to-back-to-back, and more words than Macbeth, Hamlet and Richard III combined.Its also much more than when Trump took office for his first term eight years ago. Back then, he was only on camera talking for 3 hours and 41 minutes and spoke 33,571 words.Trump has spent decades practicing the best ways to get people to pay attention to him. As a New York businessman, he fed stories to gossip columnists, added gold plating to buildings and slapped his name on every product that he sold. His efforts reached an apex with The Apprentice, the reality television show that beamed him into American living rooms.One of the things that has given him the advantage is that he thinks like an executive producer, said Kevin Madden, a Republican communications strategist. Hes constantly programming the next hour and trying to keep his audience engaged.A sign of what was to come arrived shortly after Trump was sworn in. He delivered an inaugural address and then promptly gave more remarks to supporters that were even longer than his speech. And then he spoke at a downtown arena, where people had gathered for a rally, and later he parried questions from reporters for nearly an hour in the Oval Office while signing executive orders.At one point, he turned to Fox News Channels Peter Doocy.Does Biden ever do news conferences like this? Trump said. How many news conferences, Peter, has he done like this?Like this? Doocy responded.None, Trump said, answering his own question.On Friday, Trump presented a tour de force of talking, demonstrating that hes far more willing to put himself in unscripted situations than Biden was.He spoke with reporters while leaving the White House in the morning. He talked to them again after landing in North Carolina, then again at a briefing on the recovery from Hurricane Helene, and then again while meeting with victims of the storm.Trump flew that afternoon to Los Angeles, where he conversed with local officials about the recent wildfires. Before boarding Air Force One to leave the city in the evening, he answered more questions from reporters on the tarmac.As his travels continued over the weekend, Trump spoke to reporters twice at the back of Air Force One as often as Biden did for his entire term.Transparency is back! wrote longtime aide Margo Martin on social media.Thats not the word that Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, would use.Being accessible and being transparent are two different things, she said.Sometimes more talking doesnt produce more clarity. One afternoon, Trump told reporters that there were no surprises when Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski decided to oppose Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon. The next morning, Trump said he was very surprised by their votes.Jamieson worries that the frenzied pace will exhaust people.More people will simply check out, she said. And thats a problem. An informed citizenry is an engaged citizenry.Kate Berner, who worked on Bidens communications staff, said Trumps constant talking helps keep his adversaries off balance.By doing so much and saying so much, it is hard for people who oppose him to organize, she said. And it is hard for any one thing to take hold.But theres also a risk for Trump, Berner said. If hes not careful, she said, he could once again start wearing out his welcome with the American people.Chris Megerian, Associated PressAssociated Press writer Will Weissert contributed to this report.

Anthony Obi never imagined the night of Jan. 7 would be the last time hed step insidehis safe haven.The Houston rapper, known professionally as Fat Tony, has lived in theAltadena neighborhoodfor a year and says he and his neighbors were prepared for heavy winds and perhaps a few days of power outages.I totally expected, you know, maybe my windows are going to get damaged, and Ill come back in like a day or two and just clean it up, said the rapper.But residents like Obi woke up the following morning to news that thousands of homes and entire neighborhoods had been burned to ash, destroyed by flames that wiped out large areas of Pacific Palisades and Altadena. Although the neighborhoods are on opposite ends of the county, they are known hubs for many of thecitys creative community, housingfilmmakers,actors, musicians and artists of various mediums.LA is not just rich, famous people who have giant mansions that were destroyed, said visual artist Andrea Bowers, who is assisting artists recover. So many members of our community lost everything, they lost all their artworks and their archives, thats irreplaceable, a lifetime of labor and a lifetime of research.A lot of my collectors lost their homes, said figurative and conceptual artist Salomn Huerta, who lost his Altadena home of three years to the Eaton Fire and worries the art scene in LA will downsize as a result of the wildfire. Before the fire, I was in talks with certain collectors. And then, after the fire, theyre not in a good place to talk. Im hoping that theres support so that the art scene can still thrive. But its going to be tough.Obi and Huerta lost not only personal treasures, business opportunities and homes but also vital equipment and professional archives, adding to their emotional burden.Huerta left behind slides and transparencies of past work that he had planned to digitize for an upcoming book.Everythings gone, Obi said. All of my stuff that is related to Fat Tony music that was in that house is gone, and it was the motherlode of it.From aftermath of one fire, a support network is bornKathryn Andrews never imagined shed experienceanother wildfirein her lifetime.The conceptual artist was forced to flee her Pacific Palisades neighborhood as smoke drew near, the second time in four years shes had to escape a wildfire.She lost her Juniper Hills property to the2020 Bobcat fire,which burned a large section of rural Los Angeles County.Ive already experienced one home being burned. I think you have a different focus after that. Maybe we become a little bit less attached to material things. And we began looking at a bigger long-term picture, thinking about, you know, how we live together in community, how we live in relation to the land and how we can work together to solve this, she said.Andrews is the co-founder of relief effort Grief and Hope, which aims to support creatives financially as they enter the long road ahead and was founded alongside a group of gallery directors, art professionals and artists like Bowers, Ariel Pittman, Olivia Gauthier, and Julia V. Hendrickson.Our primary goal is getting people triage money for just whatever the most emergent need is, said Pittman.The fundraising effort began shortly after the fires broke out with a Go Fund Me seeking $500,000. They have now raised over $940,000 of their new $1 million goal via non-profit art space The Brick. As of Tuesday, Grief and Hope has received more than 450 inquiries, and Pittman says the funds will be evenly distributed to applicants. The deadline for artists to submit a needs survey has concluded, but the relief effort will continue fundraising until mid-March.Grief and Hope also has five different groups of volunteers providing peer-to-peer support, helping with medical needs, safety issues, and renters issues and collecting survey data to better serve their creative community.These are people who already have made very long term commitments in their work, including the five of us, towards building community and building sustainability around artists and art workers in our city and beyond, said Pittman.For Grief and Hope, creating a more sustainable future for artists throughout the city begins with affordable studio spaces and housing.Creative tools lost, and a long road aheadFor photographer Joy Wong, losing her home of eight years meant losing the beauty of Altadena. She describes the overall area as a pocket of heaven.I didnt want to leave, said Wong who safely evacuated with her husband and 2-year-old daughter. We were just so in love with this house, and it wasnt just my house. It was also my studio space.Many, like Obi, Wong and Huerta, have startedGoFundMeaccounts. Meanwhile initiatives and relief efforts have popped up around Southern California ready to assist with clothing donations, art supplies, professional equipment for creatives and more.Im applying to everything, said Obi, who needs to replace his instruments and recording equipment.Wong said shes received much support from family, friends and colleagues.I think I just have to kind of lean on the community and get back into shooting, she said. I got to get all my gear back, too. Its going to be a long road, but itll be OK.How some artists see L.A.s arts scene can be rebornSuperchief Gallery co-founder and director Bill Dunleavy said he believes that this is an opportunity to rebuild long-needed infrastructure for the arts throughout Los Angeles.Quite a lot was lost and in the areas affected by the fire. And its going to affect rent prices and studio prices and art markets and everything else, said Dunleavy. Ive been so impressed with the amount of compassion that people feel and the sense of duty people have felt to help with this. I hope that continues into the coming years.Creative director Celina Rodriguez said she hopes freelance artists and creatives continue to work and shoot production or projects throughout the city, rather than leaving because of the wildfires.Having lost so many locations that we would shoot, typically in Malibu, Topanga, the Palisades, all throughout. We will have to absolutely come together and figure out how we can continue working in Los Angeles and urging people to shoot productions here, she said.Rodriguez and Dunleavy began collecting donations at the Downtown Los Angeles gallery and within 48 hours transformed it into a bustling donation center with over 150 volunteers. The duo are now working with displaced families to make sure their daily needs are being met.Dunleavy said the relief effort has only encouraged him to take this work beyond just the donation center and explore the possibilities of non-profit work for the community.All of our wheels are turning now that weve seen the power that just self-organizing can have.Leslie Ambriz, Associated Press

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the unveiling of Marina Tabassum as the architect for the 2025 Serpentine Pavilion. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now.Marking the 25th anniversary of the Serpentine Pavilion commission, Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has unveiled her design for this year's structure in London.The lightweight timber building, A Capsule in Time, was designed to reflect the temporary nature of the summer pavilions at the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens.Construction on the world's tallest skyscraper "officially restarts" in JeddahThis week's newsletter also featured the resumption of construction on the world's tallest skyscraper in Jeddah, Hyundai's reveal of two electric rickshaws to be used across India and the findings of Dezeen's working-condition survey.Dezeen AgendaDezeen Agenda is a curated newsletter sent every Thursday containing the most important news highlights from Dezeen. Read the latest edition of Dezeen Agenda or subscribe here.You can also subscribe to our other newsletters; Dezeen Debate is sent every Thursday and features the hottest reader comments and most-debated stories, Dezeen Dailyis our daily bulletin that contains every story published in the preceding 24 hours andDezeen In Depthis sent on the last Friday of every month anddelves deeper into the major stories shaping architecture and design.The post Dezeen Agenda features the reveal of this year's Serpentine Pavillion appeared first on Dezeen.

Architecture studio PPAA has unveiled the first building in the country with a structure constructed predominantly of mass timber, claiming it is a "milestone in Mexican architecture".Located in an industrial complex in Quertaro, Mexico, the building has a structure made almost completely from engineered wood products, prefabricated and assembled on-site, with only the stairwells made of metal.PPAA has completed a building with the first all-mass timber structural system in MexicoPPAA founder Pablo Prez Palacios told Dezeen that he chose mass timber for its sustainability, reduced labour costs and the speed of construction, though he noted that mass timber is currently more expensive in Mexico than other common building materials such as steel or concrete."The use of mass timber for the entire structural system was a deliberate decision to align with the project's sustainability goals while showcasing the potential of wood construction in Mexico," said Prez Palacios. "Prefabricated elements significantly reduce on-site waste and construction time, making it a practical and scalable solution for future projects in Mexico."It sits on an industrial campus in QuertaroThe building contains two floor of office space raised over a semi-open parking garage. It is attached to a nondescript building that houses facilities for dairy manufacturer Lyncott.It has floorplates made of cross-laminated timber (CLT) and columns made with glued laminated timber (glulam).It is integrated directly into the adjacent building and was designed with a small footprint to maintain a green space that is now wedged between it and another building, placing an egress stairwell above the planted area.Timber stilts support the structure and elevate it over a parking areaPPPA wanted to play on the juxtaposition between the small grove of trees and the adjacent industrial site for its building."The proposal emphasizes lightness and transparency through a modular structure made of cross-laminated timber, contrasting with the solidity of the adjacent building and redefining the perception of the industrial environment," said the studio.It has two floors of open and closed office spaceA simple rectangular form was used for the structure. The engineered wood elements were exposed throughout, including the glulam columns that line the parking area, connected to the ground by concealed steel fasteners.On one side, the parking garage is completely walled off from the campus with the columns systems visible below the facade skin. The columns were placed tightly together in a way that almost gives it the appearance of concrete.Simple walls divide the spacesThe facade was made from polycarbonate sheets called Danpal, which were chosen to increase the project's light diffusion, weather resistance and energy efficiency.With an extremely narrow footprint, the interior of the first storey is laid out with two large open spaces, while the second story is further subdivided into individual offices.The polycarbonate exterior diffuses light insideThe mass timber was featured prominently for the interior architecture, with exposed columns, rafters and floorplates.PPAA leaned into the industrial references, placing all the wiring in metal coverings that contrast with the light tones of the timber.Read: PPAA completes residence in Mexico City clad with board-formed concreteThe studio noted the significance of the project as a step forward in sustainable development in the country."Lyncott introduces a milestone in Mexican architecture by becoming the first building with an all-wood CLT structure in the country," said PPAA"This innovative and sustainable material not only offers lightness and strength but also helps mitigate climate change due to its capability to absorb CO2 and its high level of thermal insulation, which reduces the need for artificial climate control and saves energy."It was created for dairy company LyncottOther strides in mass-timber architecture in Mexico include Dellekamp Schleich's El Jardn Anatole in Mexico City, which utilises a hybrid wood-and-steel structural system.PPAA was founded in 2018 and has completed a number of residential projects internationally including villas in Switzerland and a submerged house in the State of Mexico.The photography is by Fabian Martinez.The post PPAA clads "first all-wood" mass-timber structure in Mexico with translucent panels appeared first on Dezeen.

George Lucas characters have their own footing in pop culture, and so do the Citizen timepieces among watch lovers. So, when Citizen subtly tabs the sci-fi elements of Star Wars in a watch, the Japanese watchmaker gives fans of the franchise a way to celebrate their love and fandom on earth as it is in the galaxy far away.The Star Wars x Citizen Rebel Starfighter Boxed Set may have a niche fanbase, but it surely has an appeal that would transcend beyond the wrist of Star Wars memorabilia collectors. Citizen and Star Wars franchise share a long-term relation but the new Rebel Starfighter watch has its own story inscribed within the Citizen model CA0870-43W on the back.Designer: CitizenStar Wars x Citizen Rebel Starfighter TimepieceLike you would expect from a thematic timepiece the antics of the franchise appear right on the dial to start with. The Star Wars-themed dial rejoices in the Rebellion. It features the Rebellion symbol, the Death Star and an X-Wing in the three sub-dials of the analog watch. The Star Wars x Citizen Rebel Starfighter watch has a 44mm case coupled with two pushers on either side of an oversized screw-down crown.Spanning the circumference of the watch bezel is spherical-shaped crystal raised mineral glass which is shatter-proof, adding to the robust nature of the Rebel Starfighter watch. It features 1/5 second chronograph that measures up to 60 Minutes, 24 Hour Time, and a 3 oclock date window. If you are beginning to see the Citizen Rebel Starfighter as an average timepiece, you must look deep down under the hood.Rebellion and X-Wing InfluenceThe watch is powered by an in-house B612 Eco-Drive movement, which feeds on any kind of light source and converts it into energy to power the watch. The movement allows the watch to run non-stop for months, even in darkness, eliminating the need for repeated battery replacement in watches. The Star Wars x Citizen Rebel Starfighter watch thrives on this power of the movement, setting it in a league of perpetually running themed analog watches.That said, the thematic watch is not only about its face and the innards. The rebel theme of the watch carries onto its customized caseback as well, which also features the Rebellion symbol and an X-Wing, similar to that on the dial. The watch is paired with a black leather strap featuring contrasting gray stitching. To impress fans alike, the Star Wars x Citizen Rebel Starfighter watch arrives alongside a mini collectible shield pin featuring T-65B X-Wing Starfighter within a co-branded package. The boxed set is now available for purchase through Citizen starting at $425 and is a must-have for sci-fi fans.The post Star Wars x Citizen Rebel Starfighter watch is for fans to time their Rebellion first appeared on Yanko Design.