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Frogger world champ adds to record, still idolizes George Costanza
“While the world record is mine for now, I am not completely satisfied after falling short of a million points,” he added. “I am taking a break for the moment but will continue toward that goal soon.”
Adventure Time Game Jam was as cool as it sounds!
Fanfiction is easier to write than regular fiction, because the characters and world are already invented. For the Adventure Time Game Jam last weekend, having a ready-made universe let jammers focus on making games! Here are three of my favorites: Noire Time There’s not much to do, but the pixel ar
The documentary about the best damn junior high chess team in the country
Budget cuts threaten to take chess away from the poor urban kids who have mastered it. If I was a studio executive, which I’m not, I’m getting on the phone right now for the big-budget Hollywood fictionalization. Just saying is all! You can watch the trailer for Brooklyn Castle at Vulture.
Big publishers ask devs to get Kickstarter money for them, thanks very much
Big publishers have their eyes on Kickstarter, the crowdsourcing phenomenon, and want a piece of the action. Obsidian Entertainment’s CEO Feargus Urquhart, whose Project Eternity has been immensely successful, tells one such story on the project’s Kickstarter forum: We were actually contacted by som
The game that teaches you to read Japanese
Speaking of gamification, which can help motivate people to do boring things, it’s a useful way to learn a language. Learning Japanese kanji, especially, requires a lot of memorization. Koichi and Viet, who are associated with the Japanese culture blog Tofugu, are developing a kanji-learning website
What is the emotional cost of gamification?
Gamification can help motivate us to do boring things, whether it’s working out or engaging in social media. Over at Bit Creature, Lana Polansky explains how gamification is great for motivating us, but can detach us from emotions and feelings that make life interesting. We simply can’t have experie
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