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Boas Time Big Squeeze To Prey's Heartbeat
msnbc.com 3 weeks, 6 days agoDuring its long, slow squeeze, a boa constrictor will feel every last heartbeat of the animal it has captured. This slithering predator uses its prey's heartbeat to decide when it's safe to stop constricting, a new study has demonstrated.
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Feature: Maniac Tentacle Mindbenders: How ScummVM's Unpaid Coders Kept Adventure Gaming Alive
arstechnica.com 4 weeks, 1 day agoScummVM was born on September 17, 2001, at 5:57pm GMT+1. The program was meant as an interpreter that could play classic LucasArts point-and-click adventure games such as Monkey Island , Sam & Max Hit the Road , and Day of the Tentacle in a virtual machine (VM). As for the name, "SCUMM" was the "Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion," itself a reference to the first LucasArts game that relied on the company's proprietary game design tool. Expanded and revised through the years, SCUMM helped LucasArts b
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