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June 11, 2012
— variations on Snake that are actually fun #
— all made with Cinder, source coming next week #
— photos that point to your mouse cursor #
— first album in seven years #
June 8, 2012
— I love the idea of a commerce-free private Internet; reminds me of invite-only communities I belong to #
June 7, 2012
— we’re asking people to spend their heartbeats on things we make #
— John McGregor’s looping animations from 8-bit videogames via MetaFilter #
— want a revolution? don’t give your money to HBO, give it to creators #
June 6, 2012
— the lead dev is taking submissions for assets from their sub-Reddit; download it #
— speculative near-future fiction on Buzzfeed, of all places #
— NSFW Tumblr focused on strange Japanese game screenshots from the NEC PC-88/PC-98 and FM Towns Marty #
— the top YouTube comment nailed it, it’s like Who Framed Roger Rabbit for video games #
June 5, 2012
— Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning’s new ChatRoulette meets Facebook video chat toy #
— Markov-generated Quora questions #
June 4, 2012
— free procedurally-generated audio-visual thing for Windows #
— from Pitchfork and Kill Screen, a collaboration between musicians and game designers #
— like here, the same complaints from local restaurants crying unfair competition via Kottke #
— built on Varytale, a new platform for interactive fiction #
— a three-minute video mashup from Polygon #
— “No one is happy with the current creative economy, and fans will support people who dare to challenge it.” #
June 1, 2012
— covering its curiosity, sincerity, activism, and sexism #
— Microsoft’s hated agents brought to the web, ready for embedding via CreativeJS #
— started by Bush, ordered by Obama, with unknown future repercussions #
— try the simple maze; the full editor generates code in JS, Dart, and Python #
May 30, 2012
— now there just needs to be a commenting section for speculation on why #
— turn your location data into jewelry; brilliant use of the Foursquare API #
— Neil Gaiman’s commencement speech turned into a comic #
May 29, 2012
— from EFF cofounder John Gilmore’s forward-thinking tape backup via gigaom.com #
May 28, 2012
— new recording funded on Kickstarter last year, now released to the public domain #
— sends your photo to a monitor in Sweden, shoots a picture, and sends it back to you #
May 26, 2012
— you can subscribe to the retro newsletter that sends you a 15-year-old issue every week #
May 25, 2012
— if this doesn’t make you get misty, see a doctor; you might be dead inside #
— he’s like a human Markov chain #
— doing famous characters in every single scene; this is ridiculously fun to listen to via @textfiles #
— like oblique strategies for walking directions #
— inserting some sanity in a brain-dead proposed bill in NYC #
— a fun little 1-D game #
— love everything about this, don’t miss the adorable projects #
— fun, quick shrink-and-grow gamejam entry #
— reminds me of Solitary Sand #
— I love living in the future #
— indie game devs camp out in a beach house for several days to make their current projects better #
— living for $30/month on a couch, free ramen, and Internet access via Kottke #
May 24, 2012
— the first feature film sold on Steam, and VHX.tv is powering the DRM-free downloads and streams! #
— “we are creatures of creation” #
— XOXO speaker Ron Carmel’s new campaign supporting stores that give artists control over pricing #
— I tried so hard to get him for XOXO, but he’s a very busy guy #
