This week’s main event in Washington DC is the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump, so the makers of Viral Days have just released a special “Viral Leaders Impeachment Edition” for iOS and Android to put their satirical spin on the whole affair. Viral Leaders opens up with …
Read More »Viral Days is a brand new strategy game that supports the fight against COVID-19
Viral Days is the latest game from indie developer Quizista that takes the fight against a COVID-19-like virus to Android and iOS touchscreens. Unlike Plague Inc., which is about the numerical impact of abstract decisions, Viral Days takes a novel, hands-on and people-focused approach. It almost reminds you of SimCity. …
Read More »Q&A: Lessons learned from viral outbreaks in the age of COVID-19
Credit: CC0 Public Domain What did health professionals learn about dealing with viral outbreaks from the Ebola epidemic of 2018? Brayden Schindell (BSc/18) is a doctoral student in Dr. Jason Kindrachuk’s Laboratory of Emerging and Re-emerging Viruses, in medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. …
Read More »Angelo and Deemon is a point and click adventure game about a blogger who heads to Hell to record a viral video
Angelo and Deemon: One of Hell of a Quest is a point and click adventure game that’s been developed by Specialbit Studios and it’s available now for both iOS and Android. The game is apparently inspired by the ‘best works’ of LucasArts and Double Fine Productions. There aren’t many better …
Read More »China confirms 1st death outside epicenter of viral outbreak
Passengers wearing protective face masks enter the departure hall of a high speed train station in Hong Kong, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. China closed off a city of more than 11 million people Thursday, halting transportation and warning against public gatherings, to try to stop the spread of a deadly …
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