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March 19, 2010
— games can motivate you to do mundane tasks or something meaningful, choose wisely #
March 18, 2010
— 160,000 hours of video dating to 1987 #
— more tech writing like this, please #
— I was lucky enough to grab one of the hand-numbered issues #
March 17, 2010
— the info was gathered by Hacker News users #
March 16, 2010
— countless hours of fun #
March 15, 2010
— amazing how much creativity the site’s inspiring via amotion.tumblr.com #
March 12, 2010
— I think I’ll use this map to get to Datapop 2010 #
March 11, 2010
— looks unlike anything I’ve ever seen #
— essential iPhone-optimized site for SXSWi session planning #
— turning Microsoft Office into a game, with competition against your friends via Matt Jacobs #
March 10, 2010
— avatars as Russian nested dolls via Ze Frank #
— I think I’d rather not know, thanks via Laughing Squid #
— not sure how I missed this one last year, metagaming with music by Brad Sucks #
— there’s so much I love about this, I can’t quantify it all via twitchfilm.net #
March 9, 2010
— also, the complete SPIN archives are on Google Books #
— for the first time, backed by The Roots #
— the instant feedback made work more game-like #
March 8, 2010
— Portal 2 will be released for Mac simultaneously with PC, along with “all of our future games” #
— fascinating story of bad science and the unintended effects of new information #
March 7, 2010
— watch the slideshow for details; I just wish it was on the web instead #
— “Maybe I’ll learn something.” #
— I love how expressive they are #
— very nicely done, uses Echo Nest’s recommendation engine #
— scans, since it’s not on GameInformer’s site yet; Valve hired the TAG: The Power of Paint team right out of Digipen #
March 5, 2010
— he’s collected 118 pets, some of which only drop 1 in 10,000 attempts #
March 4, 2010
— looks like the regex was a bit greedy #
— very similar to the H+ article on the topic from last year #
— a free, automated audio transcription service based on YouTube should be viable now #
— Rube Goldberg machine built by Synn Labs in Los Angeles #
— $4.99 for a year, goes up to $5.00 on April 1 #
March 2, 2010
— nicely lays out the case against the conspiracy theories #
— radio transmissions convert into Morse code and images pointing to a telnet BBS with ASCII screenshots #
— even Pictures for Sad Children’s guest comics are great #
March 1, 2010
— hear the women’s 1,000-meter speedskating gold medalist win by .02 of a second via FlowingData #
— even though Vivendi, the former IP owners, granted them a non-commercial license via Slashdot #
— don’t miss his companion article about Doom as Robotron #
February 26, 2010
— Level End via Brandon Boyer #
— 121 different versions of the story, but only 13 did any original reporting #
February 25, 2010
— so horrible I hesitate linking to it, but I will, if only for Google justice #
February 24, 2010
— includes demographics, vernacular, and how men and women are treated differently #
— groundbreaking fuel cell tech used by Google, eBay, others; Mashable liveblogged the launch #
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