Ludum Dare, the contest that compels indie developers to churn out a game prototype in the span of 72 hours, has recorded a record number of 891 entries for its most recent competition. What has spurred so many game makers to throw their hats in the ring? It seems the motivating factor was the theme
A computer game planned to be developed by Iran’s National Foundation for Computer Games aims to demonstrate the objection of many Iranians to EA DICE’s Battlefield 3, released this past October. The game, entitled “Attack on Tel Aviv,” is a response to BF3’s plot, which involves a fictitious raid
This week we’re looking at some of the projects shown at NYU’s ITP Winter Show. Jack Kalish designed this musical interface that takes control of your face. When I tried it, it only detected smiles and happy/mouth agape poses through facial mapping, but ostensibly it could be used to track a wide va
Last night found the Kill Screen crew at the Winter show for NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. The bi-annual event is a showcase for the semester’s projects and can often provide a look into the future of technology. (Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley was a grad.) While the phrase “b
“What design does best is accelerate the adoption of new ideas,” opines Yves Behar of Fuseproject (who you might know from the One Laptop Per Child/NYC Condom projects) in the newest episode of PBS Arts’ Off Book. Nothing could be more up the alley for those who love and make games! This episode lo
The Next Web reports that a few savvy redditors discovered that a few unsavvy internet users have been trying to search for things on Google’s Facebook page (the aforementioned www.facebook.com/Google), and decided to help them out, posting links that they might be interested in. This eventually led
Chogrin with some classic Zelda-inspired pictures that remind us why we always tried to keep our hearts full-so that damn beeping would stop. [img: PencilMayhem]
Today’s Sims glitch showcases the addition of parasitic Sims growing out of other Sims.