For the 2012 Interactive Fiction Competition, the entries are short and many are playable online. The games range from hyperlinked Twine games to fully parsing text adventures. The game shown below, Guilded Youth, is a fun one for the Halloween season. Anyone can judge the games, though they have to
For a new mobile app developer, doing PR is kind of hard. And when most app sites reply to your press release asking for money in exchange for an “expedited review,” developers might start wondering if this is just how the system works. Appynation has made a list of sites that charge for reviews. C
There is a moment in the seminal Simpsons espisode in which Homer gains hundreds of pounds to go on paid disability, where he is unable to fit into a movie theater seat, and the smarmy theater owner promises, if Homer will “kindly leave”, to “treat you to a garbage bag full of popcorn.” Homer is abo
Books about videogames are filled with screenshots that don’t quite capture the essence of a game like video footage does. The upcoming documentary design primer, What’s in a Game, plans to cover topics like monetization, co-operative play, and control schemes, among other aspects of game design.
Slate asks a most pertinent question. Watch for Romney’s devastating “tax evasion” move and Herman Cain’s “creepy ad” rejoinder. Great stuff.
Both Obama and Romney gave speeches to accept their nominations. Speeches that promise a better America and preach belief in the American people. As the New York Times noted: Sometimes these [promises] result in eerily similar speeches from both sides of the political arena. It can be tough to tell
At the end of Inception, the spinning top leaves ambiguity about if Dam Cobb is finally in the real world. It led to plenty of debates about what the ending “meant.” For Brendan Keogh at Unwinnable, the lack of resolution itself was significant. But the whole point of that final scene – or indeed,
Indie game designers typically learn from other game designers, not videogame journalists. The critical essays on videogames are more for the adult gamers who want to find something worthwhile in their experiences. Luke Rhodes reflects on his research into the subject. My interview with Jenn Frank r