Whether or not it’s bullshit, gamification is upon us. A recent article in TechCrunch states that with the help of business and entrepreneurial culture realizing that games can be, well, really addicting, fun, and therefore useful in abetting the cause to hawk more stuff at the consumer, “gamificati
Feminist Playing Cards is exactly what it sounds like: the traditional deck of cards featuring feminist musicians, illustrated by talented feminist artists. Does it have to get any more complicated than that? –Josiah Harrist [via Kickstarter]
Andy Cush of Wired has an interview with Arcade Fire’s collaborator Vincent Morisset, the multimedia artist behind their music videos. Morisset’s recent work, the “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” video blends the online space’s interactivity with the cinematics of film, all packed in to a fi
We’re throwing a party in San Francisco on March 8, with DJ sets from Tim Sweeney of DFA Records and the Beats in Space podcast, and Noel Heroux of Hooray for Earth. We’ll also be crosspollinating with some of New York City’s best new indie and experimental games. Hemisphere Games – Osmos – MULTIPLA
Over at Slate, Juliet Lapidos described what she learned from catching up with Woody Allen’s entire filmography, the themes that effect every character in the Allen-verse, and the pressure of constant production. If there’s one thing that’s wonderful about bodies of work, it’s seeing the threads tha
It looks to be a happy Valentine’s Day for almost everyone except Zynga. Here’s this morning’s news: -Obsidian is looking into funding “old school” games through Kickstarter. –Minecraft will not be coming to the Playstation Vita, Resistance definitely will. -The Binary Domain demo is released today
Time to catch up with this afternoon’s cheat sheet, here’s the rest of today’s news: – Nintendo has added video codec company Mobiclip to their arsenal. – David Jaffe has said that there are “no plans at all” to continue the Twisted Metal franchise after he leaves Eat Sleep Play. – The narrator from
It looks as though media artist Jayne Vidheecharoen has improved upon the idea behind Bandai’s Tuttuki Bako. Her Portals project allows you to stick your hand in the TV set and manipulate what’s on the screen. What’s more, when the Portal box is connected to the internet, multiple users located all