Area/Code co-founder Kevin Slavin posted observations on a video of Salesforce.com’s chief scientist on the problem of “gamification.” JP Rangaswami says: “I have neither the intent or wish to put the lipstick of gamification on the pig of work because the solution is not to make work a pig and the
All from London-based designer Sebastian Bergne. [via]
Here’s some bite-size mainstream videogame news to go with your morning coffee. -Get a look at new screens, details and the trailer for the upcoming XCOM reboot. –Team Fortress 2 is now free-to-play online, but you can still pay for virtual hats and stuff. –Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki trades in his r
GA Tech professor Ian Bogost produced a series of “game poems” called A Slow Year as a set of 1K games for the Atari. But now he’s create a super luxe boxed version of the games for sale for $500 a piece. This strategy for boxed games is an interesting tack. Obviously, A Slow Year is not worth that
Swiss watchmaker Romain Jerome is releasing this eye-sore in collaboration with Taito. The company’s other watches go from more than $10k, but honestly, given the other crazy things that watches can do, we’d expect a playable build. Also, of note, is the company’s tag of “DNA of Famous Legends.” Per
GamePro has a fascinating, but short, interview with a man named Brandon Cobb who’s single-handedly is re-releasing old Genesis titles like Star Odyssey and breathing new life into them. By revisiting classic work, it’s a bit the role that classic soul labels like Now-Again and Numero Group have in