
November 2012


40 years ago Atari announced the video game Pong

Bacteria survive in extreme conditions in Lake Vida, Antarctica
Doom 3 BFG Edition graphics engine released as free software
About a year after the release of the source code of the original version of Doom 3’s graphics engine and only a few weeks after the Doom 3 BFG Edition, which contains Doom, Doom ][, Doom 3 and Resurrection of Evil expansion pack together to 7 new levels titled “The Lost Mission” was published, the source code of the BFG Edition was released as well.
A Wreath of Stars by Bob Shaw
The novel “A Wreath of Stars” by Bob Shaw was published for the first time in 1976. Magniluct, a special glass that allows people to see in the dark, finds an unexpected application when an astronomer who is using a pair of glasses with magniluct lenses discovers a planet made of anti-neutrinos. After some time, in an African mine, the workers refuse to enter because they started seeing ghosts but they can only see them through magniluct lenses.