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Christopher Reeve honored with Google Doodle on actor’s birthday

Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down in a horse riding accident in 1995 and spent the rest of his life lobbying for disabled rights and advocating for research into spinal cord injuries. “While the world first knew him for his starring role in the 1978 film Superman, it was his courage and humanity following the accident that left him paralyzed that touched so many people around the globe,” Reeve’s family said in a statement on Google. His efforts included advocating for spinal cord… Source link

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Iconic DJ Avicii honored in Google Doodle during National Suicide Prevention Week

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Google is remembering Swedish DJ Avicii on what would have been his 32nd birthday on Sept. 8, 2021 with a Google Doodle. Avicii, who’s real name is Tim Bergling, became a global sensation and a major player in the EDM genre. The Google Doodle on Tuesday becomes an animated video that plays his viral hit, ‘Wake Me Up.’ The doodle honors his legacy “as one of the first artists to elevate electronic music to mainstream global success,” Google… Source link

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Today’s Google Doodle Is About Covid-19 Vaccination And Face Masks

Clicking on the Google Doodle leads to a “covid vaccine near me” search that helps you find nearby … [+] Covid-19 vaccination locations. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images) Getty Images The next time you go to the Google search page to enter something like “will the Covid-19 vaccine make my keys stick to my forehead,” you may find a Google Doodle that includes the words “Get vaccinated. Wear a mask. Save lives.” That’s because today’s Google Doodle indicates… Source link

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People are now speedrunning that Google Doodle game • Eurogamer.net

Players are now speedrunning Google Doodle’s latest game, Doodle Champion Island Games. The browser game – released to celebrate the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics – has been completed in just 11 seconds (that’s In-Game Time as opposed to Real-Time Attack) not once, but three times, with speedrunners ExaminationMassive95, stratpat1964, and dishadow99 all jointly holding the record (thanks r/speedrun, via TheGamer). You can check out a full 11-second… Source link

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Google’s Doodle celebrates the Tokyo Olympics with a sports RPG

Google’s Doodle for the opening day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is practically a full-size video game. Doodle Champion Island Games is a classic top-down, RPG-style sports adventure featuring seven minigame events and global leaderboards. Doodle Champion Island is the work of Tokyo-based Studio 4°C, an award-winning animation studio that has worked on 2010’s Halo Legends film series; 2011’s Thundercats TV series, and 2015’s Batman: Arkham Knight for Rocksteady Studios. The… Source link

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Google Doodle For The Olympics 2021 Is A Sporting Japanese RPG

Image: Google / Studio 4°C Today isn’t the first time a Google Doodle has been a game, but this is surely the most intricate so far. This Friday morning, if you open a new Chrome page or begin a search, you can click on a pixel-art icon that starts an Olympic-themed JRPG, complete with anime sequences by Studio 4°C, played right in your browser. With the Olympic opening ceremony taking place in Tokyo today, the year-delayed and still very controversial sporting event takes place under a… Source link

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Japanese-American weightlifter honored by Google Doodle

There is a chance that not many people, outside Olympic historians, have ever heard the name Tommy Kono. Google Doogle is making sure that never happens again and that he is always remembered.  On Sunday, Google honored Kono on what would have been his 91st birthday with a Doodle animation depicting the clean and jerk, one of the more common weightlifting exercises.  Kono was held in an internment camp during World War II at the age of 12, one of more… Source link

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