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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
PoleRiders aims to frustrate you; your friends
Bennett Foddy is at it again. The former member of Cut Copy, doctor of philosophy at Oxford, and dude who just knows how to use his time better than you recently released a new experiment in finger twisting, PoleRiders. Face off with a friend and try to overcoming the (purposely) difficult controls
Developer does a post-mortem on his divorce
A developer post-mortem is usually intended to show where a developer thinks they failed or succeeded and use that as a tool for future devs. Mike Slone, one of the developers behind Saints’ Row 2, uses the format to discuss how he dealt with his crumbling marriage while working on the game. “Even a
New York’s worst architect makes Rampage-style buildings
If you live in New York, you’ve probably seen the drab, boxy condo designs of Karl Fischer, the man hailed throughout the city as the most boring architect in existence. The New York Post just ran a short profile on Fischer, who after delivering quotes such as, “Even though many people say they reco
Want to use your Kinect to make music?
Thanks, Boston Music Hackday! You’ve given us a new musical thing to do with our Kinects, beyond playing Dance Central 2. The above image is from the BeatWheel, which allows you to tweak samples with your hands. It’s sort of like DJing, only your turntables are invisible and, wait. It’s nothing like
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