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Kickstarter of the Day: Code Hero will teach you how to code. That is all.
Here’s the pitch: Code Hero is a game that teaches you how to make games so you can learn to code while you play with a Code Gun that shoots Javascript in Unity 3D! To Ouroboros!
PAUSE: Belgian photographer’s "Fictions" bend architectural space, look like world maps from Nintendo Power.
Over at Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow points to the work of Filip Dujardin who shoots buildings around his town of Ghent and then mixes them up into striking structures he calls “Fictions.” Not only does this harken to that amazing Ellen Page sequence in Inception, but also reminds us of those full pu
Hasbro zAPPed editions bridge the physical/digital divide, fail to effectively pun.
Board games are usually an either/or proposition. They’re either wonderful physical objects or their mechanics are ported to digital environments. Both approaches work, but this hybrid from Hasbro caught my eye for its simple stubbornness to be one or the other. (I’m a mixed kid. Gotta root for the
Your iPhone — Now with 100% more wheels, whimsy.
Chris O’Shea’s MakeGo brings the dream of a rollable iPhone to life. I know. We all have wanted this and now it is here. Rejoice! But seriously, this is an adorable treat for kids. There’s also a Flickr group where users can add images of their own vehicles, flickr.com/groups/makego. You can downlo
Why is it so hard to represent sexuality in videogames?
Videogames and sex don’t usually sit well together in a sentence in our cultural imagination, unless the sentence is something like “nerds who play videogames don’t have a lot of sex.” But why is there such an uneasy connection between games and one of the most essential human experiences that has p
Angry Birds makes its way to Facebook, our stomachs.
Ever at the forefront of digital media innovation, Angry Birds has officially landed in the world’s largest social media platform. Wired reports: The new browser-based version of Angry Birds comes loaded with a slew of new features including exclusive levels, social gaming integration (allowing you
Morning Cheat Sheet 2/16/12: Ghibli game delay, Far Cry 3, remakes and Gotham City glitches.
Good morning! Here’s some of the latest and greatest in the gaming world. -North America is getting Far Cry 3 on September 4. -Studio Ghibli’s Ni no Kuni has been pushed back to winter of 2012. -The “Be Mine” Valentine’s Indie Bundle was shut down from flooded servers, but will return soon. –Gotham
