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Mercedes-Benz made a terrifying interactive short film based on Google Maps
In Mercedes’ dystopian vision, we will all be blurs being sent nowhere, trapped in a pixelated dungeon of our own design. Luckily, you can be saved by driving a Mercedes. Or something. Play the game at Mercedes-Benz’s official UK site. Fair warning, they’re going to try to trick you into giving them
Having conquered Earth, Angry Birds eye space
As a team of two Russian and one American astronauts blasted through the Earth’s atmosphere towards the International Space Station on Monday, they had their eyes not on the control panel, as you’d expect, but on Angry Birds. This wasn’t a case of being distracted by mobile games. The astronauts dan
This week in "damn it": Jennifer Lopez is producing a Carmen Sandiego movie
Huffington Post reports that a Carmen Sandiego movie is going to happen, and Jennifer Lopez is producing it. Early plot reports make the forthcoming adaptation of the beloved computer game sound pretty formula-tastic: According to Deadline, the movie’s concept will be “‘National Treasure’ meets ‘The
Does the future of books lie in gaming?
Consider the case of cult thriller author Michael Grant, whose marketing scheme for his forthcoming novel BZRK revolves around an alternate reality game that stretches beyond the book into what he terms “transmedia.” Fast Company elaborates: While the book remains central to the main story, Grant sa
Think games are ready to sit beside other forms of entertainment? Not so fast.
In his latest blog post, Clint Hocking, who is quickly becoming the web’s most quotable developer, thought aloud that videogames haven’t established the same quality and breadth of other forms of pop entertainment. His reservations were in response to a blog posted by The New Yorker, which looked at
PAUSE: Level designers could learn a thing or two from National Geographic’s Visions of Earth
Imagine flying your Bronzed Drake over those craggy mountains, or warding off a squad while driving your pick-up truck through a forest fire, or even coming across that bear in an RPG and having it ask you riddles. These are all things we are highly interested in doing in games. -Drew Millard [via]
All of Google’s Easter eggs in one basket
9Gag has a list of Google’s secret tricks. Type these into the search bar, press “I’m feeling lucky,” and watch your afternoon evaporate: Do a barrel roll Google Sphere Epic Google Google Gravity Google Loco Google Gothic Google Pacman Google Guitar Google Pirate Google Rainbow Google Pirate Google
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