2 Player Productions' Grim Fandango retrospective
— they're remastering it for the PS4; amazing internal design doc from 2.5 years before release #
Rex Sorgatz on the concept of "rare" in the Internet age
— including the evolution of Comic Book Guy from artifact collector to Internet commenter #
Secret launching private version for workplaces and schools
— contestant for the worst startup idea ever #
Compyx, creating a multicolor 8-bit font for browsers
— the font format is only supported by Firefox for now #
Tom Francis releases Floating Point for free
— the followup to Gunpoint couldn't be more different #
Deep dive into Alinea's ticketing system for restaurants
— I fully expect this to idea to spread to other new, popular restaurants #
11,000 word Q&A with Louis CK
— I never thought I'd read a 43-minute long article on Medium, but here we are #
Chad Whitacre on Gittip's second year
— surprised some people are making that much through the platform #
Xanadu releases transclusion prototype, 54 years later
— a nice visualization, though links aren't supported yet (via) #
Kickstarter simplifies rules, switches to algorithmic project approval
— I agree with Fred Wilson's take, heavy curation makes sense until a community finds its legs #
The Unearthing
— Leigh Alexander digs up more truth in her fiction than in the Alamagordo landfill #