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Mardi, 08 Novembre 2011 06:00

Osmos

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Reviewed by Kyle VanHemert Cette adresse email est protégée contre les robots des spammeurs, vous devez activer Javascript pour la voir. · November 8, 2011

Described on its App Store page as “Asteroids meets a lava lamp,” Osmos uses the intimacy of the touchscreen to create a singularly immersive experience. You start as a blue mote floating in a cosmos of vaguely biomorphic orbs.

Gameplay is simple: Big orbs absorb smaller ones and grow bigger in the process. Tap behind your avatar to scoot it around, increasing in size while avoiding death, until you’ve absorbed a target or become the biggest blob on the screen. There are 72 levels: In some you’re drifting in orbit ar...

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Mardi, 08 Novembre 2011 18:45

Sport Science Looks at the Vertical Leap

How long has it been since I have even said the phrase “ESPN Sport Science“? It seems like it has been a while. (here are some of my previous Sport Science attacks)

Ok, well here is the episode. It looks at the vertical jumping height of Dwight Howard. If you don’t want to watch it, I will summarize.

Here is the play-by-play:

Shaq can jump super high.
Dwight Howard can jump super high.
Let’s see if Howard can break Shaq’s record for vertical “reach”.
Apparently he can. His vertical reach (how high his hand gets on the backboard) gets up to 12 feet 6 inches. This is a leap of 39 inches.

Really,...

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