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Rubik’s Cube

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A Chinese puzzle enthusiast broke a Guinness World Record by solving three Rubik’s cubes in 3 minutes and 29.29 seconds while juggling the puzzles.

 

Prof. Palmer August 30, 2022January 8, 2025 In the News, Rubik's Cube

Academic Resources

  • Analog Game Studies
  • Computer History Museum
  • Game Studies
  • Journal of Games Criticism
  • National Videogame Museum
  • The Strong National Museum of Play
  • Video Game History Foundation

News & Notes

  • 50 years of video game industry revenues, by platform
  • 34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen”
  • Video game voice actors say AI has put their jobs ‘on the chopping block’
  • “A space to feel at ease with dying”: how video games help people through grief
  • The Great War: The WW1 video game that’s eerily accurate

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