Sam Osborn

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Israeli Settlement Crisis Home Videos

Emad Burnat's new film, "5 Broken Cameras," distills the Israeli settlement crisis down to a small Palestinian village getting poleaxed by a big Israeli army.
Sam Osborn
3.26.12
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The Robbed Innocence of the West Memphis Three

A conversation with the filmmakers behind "Paradise Lost: Purgatory," the final chapter in a trilogy about the West Memphis Three.
Sam Osborn
1.11.12
Motherboard Blog

Brian Moriarty Is with Ebert: Video Games Aren't True Art

The war waged between Roger Ebert and the world’s gaming public over the “video games as art” claim reached a tenuous ceasefire last July when the ornery, venerable film critic posted the article “Okay, kids, play on my lawn.
Sam Osborn
3.22.11
Motherboard Blog

Surprise Mom, Gaming Makes Me Social

Prosocial games equal +5 XP in Popularity.
Sam Osborn
3.18.11
Motherboard Blog

How Anonymous Will Avenge Bradley Manning: A Cyber-War on His Military Prison

The vigilante hacker gang Anonymous declared war on two government employees playing key roles in the Bradley Manning's detainment.
Sam Osborn
3.9.11
Motherboard Blog

Minecraft Creator Takes Home 2 Game Developers Choice Awards

_Minecraft_, darling of Motherboard and all teh internets, came out on top at GDC/IGF on Wednesday.
Sam Osborn
3.3.11
Motherboard Blog

Meet Prospero, Captain Of The Robo-Farming Squad

Farm Bots have been the shared wet dream of engineers and AgroCorp ever since Uncle Owen bargained with the Jawas for agricultural drones in _A New Hope_.
Sam Osborn
3.1.11
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The Great French Acid Trip

The CIA’s new interest in acid coincided with a truly bizarre turn of events in Pont-Saint-Esprit—the day the entire town bripped talls.
Sam Osborn
8.25.10