Why would you simply chuck your old Nintendo NES Advantage joysticks when the folks at Broodr can give them new life and renewed sense of purpose as a flashy wall clock or desk lamp? Think of it as Nintendo reincarnation. [pic: Unconsumption]
A new Huffington Post article states that Facebook is launching a new effort to assist with suicide prevention. The article reports: If a friend spots a suicidal thought on someone’s page, he can report it to Facebook by clicking a link next to the comment. Facebook then sends an email to the person
This Sims glitch illustrates what happens when you neglect one of the lesser-knows Sims needs: maintaining proper distance from an event horizon.
Ever wanted to learn how to run a competitive business without the whole Business School thing, or even have to face the pesky task of having to leave your home? Well boy howdy, have we got a game for you! It’s called “Platform Wars,” and it was developed by MIT’s Sloan School of Management, placing
While art direction in big budget games is largely a race towards the photorealism, it seems that the fashion world would like to be virtual. The clothing retailer H&M has admitted that their lingerie models are too good to be true. “It’s not a real body; it is completely virtual and made by the com
Zynga’s reputation preceeds itself at this point. Creator of the successful FarmVille and CityVille, which have seeped into our lives thanks to the ubiquity of Facebook, and relatives who don’t realize that sending requests for help in FrontierVille is annoying. In a new video up on Bloomberg examin
This is the direct sequel to last year’s sleeper hit “Actually, Let’s Cross the Streams.” It’s essentially a giant Chinese finger-trap, but instead it’s just a person covered in marshmallow fluff. Top leaderboard time clocked in at 35:29 before total diabetic shock kicked in. [video: crazyj1897]
Bookforum recently made a list of the best books in the emerging remix culture, including a write-up of a book called Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age by Kenneth Goldsmith that speaks to a lot of concepts that can carry over to gaming. Here’s the description of the book: Gold
Alan Taylor’s photo blog on The Atlantic has some gorgeous and elegiac photographs from Wonderland, an abandoned theme park in China. From Taylor’s description: Construction work at the park, which developers had promised would be “the largest amusement park in Asia,” stopped around 1998 after disag
Facebook has games. Why can’t Twitter? Andrea Phillips has posted a rulebook for playing charades in 140 characters or less. In case you are wondering how exactly you do play a game about pantomiming on a platform that is interfaced through a keyboard, the trick lies in hyperlinks. When you are on s
I love the look of Eskil’s LOVE because it answers one of life’s fundamental questions for me: what’s it like to be inside a watercolor painting that shoots at you? More screenshots at the link below. [img: quelsolaar]
The New Yorker recently posted their list of seven precepts that should govern any good Muppet movie. They are as follows: The Muppets should play themselves. The Muppets should have bigger parts than the humans. You need great cameos. Among the Muppets, Kermit and Piggy must have top billing. Go ea
Rizwan Virk, CEO of Tap Fish developers Gameview Studios, fumbles with his claim that his company’s free-to-play design for their game teaches children “responsibility” when Aasif Mandvi puts him face-to-face with an angry parent and a maxed-out credit card. Oops. Watch the video here. –Yannick LeJa
Forget barbies, beanie babies or Lovecraftian Pokemon Dolls. Jun Axup has some adorable DNA dolls to teach your kids the basics of chemical bonding. I started Biochemies.com two years ago to promote science education. It features images that convey biology and chemistry-related concepts through pers
Photographer Teo Ormund-Skeaping’s most recent project Particle Progress takes us to a special place – one situated right in between Bright Falls and Silent Hill. [pic: heyhotshot]
This Pacman-themed Christmas tree in Madrid is the coolest way to blend gaming and the Holiday season since putting a Santa hat on Mario. [video: clipset]
Telegraph reported on a talk given by The Sense of Ending author Julian Barnes, where he equated the structure of a novel to America’s favorite desert armored mammal: He compared a novel to an armadillo an animal with an exoskeleton and an internal one. The exoskeleton, he explained, was the overa
“Walk around the club, fuck er’rbody!” These are the immortal words that announced Treal Lee and Prince Rick to the world, via their single “Thowed Off (Fuck Errbody).” Treal Lee discussed his favorite Pokémon (Bulbasaur and/or Squirtle), who’s the better gamer between he and his rap partner (it dep
Chris Avellone has developed some of the most acclaimed and influential RPGs of the late ’90s and early 2000s-Planescape: Torment and installments in the Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, and original Fallout series. Many credit these games with paving the way for recent successful RPGs such as Dragon Ag
A post by Brainy Gamer Michael Abbott recently pointed out a key difference between a videogames’ story and its narrative. Abbott recalled a keynote given by Rich Lemarchand of Naughty Dog at IndieCade. “I play Minecraft narratively,” [Lemarchand] said, seeing the game as a kind of “Lego I Am Legend
Digital media has hit some important milestones in the past few weeks. Modern Warfare 3 shattered all entertainment industry sales records recently by generating over $1 billion in revenue in just over two weeks. On the opposite end of the spectrum, last Wednesday, the millionth mobile app was relea
In yet another wrinkle in the perpetual cavalcade of weird that is the race for the GOP Presidential nomination, Huffington Post reports that professional actor/noted crazy person Gary Busey has officially endorsed Newt Gingrich for President. Good luck, Newt! While his name’s in the news, we might
Michael Coriano’s Punch-Out themed prints bring us back to the days when Mike Tyson’s borderline-psychotic persona made for a great videogame boss, instead of just being terrifying. [img: CMYK Projects]
In an interview with Simon Parkin for Gamasutra, Phil Fish, the creator of the long awaited world-bending indie platformer Fez, talks about his trails and tribulations putting together the game. After the second time we lost our funding and there was the whole divorce with my business partner, and a
Would your rather be playing Minecraft that building your kids a playhouse? Now you can do both. These play spaces by Play Modern not only look like a dwelling in the blocky building game, they can also be broken down and rearranged into different constructions, giving play houses an aura of archite
