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October 31, 2013
— very usable Mac Plus emulator running System 7 in the browser #
— Back to the Future reenacted on Twitter #
— TIm Hwang and Adi Kamdar’s paper on the shift away from online advertising via @anildash #
October 30, 2013
— or: what Ze’s been up to since A Show #
— in case you missed it, his XOXO talk was pretty amazing via Laughing Squid #
— art project searches sexcam sites and only shows feeds when performers are away via dailydot.com #
— the smiley face is a nice kick in the teeth #
— #Funeral #LongDay #RIPAuntTookie #
October 28, 2013
— many, many more on Dick’s Tumblr #
— the hardware, software, and services behind Little Printer available to anyone; see the #Flock case study #
October 25, 2013
— the NYT is revisiting old stories to get the full story via Michael Eades #
— with in-browser emulation thanks to the remarkable JSMESS project via @textfiles #
October 24, 2013
— impossible-to-play computer music bordering on glitch art; try this one on for size #
— this paper dives deep into the problem #
October 23, 2013
— random filtered Street View imagery and dream reports into an arthouse montage via @tinysubversions #
October 22, 2013
— how they managed to break mainstream, but stay independent and in control #
— a state of the union for modern interactive fiction #
— also, his amazing interactive breakdown of Spelunky’s level generation #
October 21, 2013
— stunning nine-part Kickstarter-funded documentary on competitive Super Smash Bros. players #
October 17, 2013
— when hack days meet standup comedy; also great: MyRealPuppy.com and Clickstrbait #
— Paul Ford looks at the trend of new tools for writing online #
— randomly swap your friends’ names and avatars on Twitter and Facebook via @tinysubversions #
— more info on how it was made, the structure was 10 meters long via @johnlonnie #
— from the creators of Year Walk and Beat Sneak Bandit, also highly recommended #
— “wretched creatures abused for economic gains by their Etsy girlfriends” via @DawnHFoster #
October 16, 2013
— the bits on work ethic and feedback apply to any indie, not just game devs #
— a story of pre-Kickstarter backer issues #
October 10, 2013
— Kickstarter funded, published, printed, and distributed a book in three days at XOXO #
— animation of the longest ANSI scroller ever; 3,266 lines made by 22 artists from 6 different countries #
October 9, 2013
— HTML5 Super Mario Bros. with a level editor and random map generator #
October 7, 2013
— an absolute barnburner #
October 6, 2013
— insane hack that I missed during the run-up to XOXO via @textfiles #
October 5, 2013
— elegant open-source engine for making tile-based puzzle games, and more #
— the team put together a video showing off ten years of incredible progress #
— the New Reddits Trending tab is most interesting; the current leader is a Silk Road replacement #
October 4, 2013
— he paid an undercover FBI agent $80k to torture, and then assassinate, an ex-employee #
— Moot recounts a tale of turning down an early acquisition offer #
— focused on Sony and Microsoft, no mention of Nintendo #
October 3, 2013
— older project from the creator of Cookie Clicker #
— any console with ten Terry Cavanagh games is my kind of console #
— well, there’s always the WHATWG’s living standard #
October 2, 2013
— his identity was partly revealed on Stack Overflow; Techdirt digs into the criminal complaint #
— he defied the order, facing $5k/day in fees before closing the service; support his defense fund #
