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PAUSE: Final Nadal-Federer set as page-turning stop-motion short.
WIMBLEDON from BRYANKU on Vimeo.
Receipt machine spins its wheels as a hacked racing game
receipt racer from d_effekt on Vimeo. Paper or plastic? The receipt racer combines different in and output devices into a complete game. It was made during the “Let’s feed the future workshop”, part of the OFFF Festival in Barcelona on June 8th 2011.
Cheat Sheet 6/20: 4J studios making Minecraft XBLA port, The Gunslinger goes full retail
Happy Monday! Here’s your mainstream videogame news roundup: – Bandai augments reality with its upcoming AR card game for iOS. -It’s Twitter-confirmed: UK dev 4J Studios is taking the helm for Minecraft for Xbox 360. -Warm your thumbs up for ThinkGeek’s new arcade stick for iPhone. -Twisted Pixel
Get some sun with the Come Out and Play Festival
It’s that time of year again. Get ready to whip out your shorts, sunhats and SPF 30. It’s also time for street games: Come Out and Play, the annual event committed to providing participants with in-real-life gaming experiences, hits New York City this Sunday —and will be hosting a different game (or
Videogame music composers fear the day computers become inspired
It’s common territory for sci-fi writers: what happens when computers finally learn to feel? A panel of industry professionals, including composer Mike Reagan (God of War), met at California bookstore Dark Delicacies to discuss the future of videogame composers, and what changes in technology might
Meet the team behind the upcoming Minecraft documentary
Meet the members of Two Player Productions (2PP), makers of the upcoming documentary Minecraft: The Story of Mojang. Director of photography Asif Siddiky spoke with David Daw of PCWorld about the origins of the doc, from it’s conception, to it’s time on Kickstarter, to its current production: Now t
Think of the top indie game publishers. Does Adult Swim come to mind?
Ars Technica’s Andrew Webster raises the compelling, if unexpected, argument that of all the indie publishers out there, Adult Swim may be the best. The reason? Adult Swim has managed to pool the wackiest, weirdest and most creative talent onto its site to bolster its site content, but without requi
