Colin Kyle

Nov 16, 2023 | sugargamers.com | Colin Kyle

Vampire Survivors and its many spin-offs are blowing up lately. A great example of this is “Bullet Heaven Fest” on Steam (until Nov 20). We’ll breakdown what these games are, why they are so successful, and where the genre is headed. After winning best game of 2022, Vampire Survivors spawned hundreds of spin-offs taking inspiration from its sublimely simple and shockingly successful formula (hence the name, “Survivors-like”).

Nov 2, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Jiawei Liu |Colin Kyle |Jiali Wang

AbstractThe effects of climate change on forest-defoliating insects are poorly understood, a problem that is especially urgent in the case of the spongy moth (formerly the gypsy moth", Lymantria dispar ). For decades following its introduction in 1869, the spongy moth severely defoliated North American forests, but the introduction of the pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga in 1989 drastically lowered defoliation levels. E.