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November 24, 2008
— from Brian Moriarty’s personal collection, less than 100 copies were sold for the PDP-11 via gamesniped.com #
— from the creator of the Van Gogh Starry Night map #
— built with Alchemy, which could bring a flood of PC emulators and ports via Offworld #
November 23, 2008
— get 10 random people’s feedback for $7 #
— touches on games-as-art and the lack of popular auteurs in gaming #
November 22, 2008
— some online were overthinking this, but I thought it was good fun; personal highlights: Julia Nunes, Bo Burnham, Mythbusters, Charlie the Unicorn, and DJ Mike Relm remixing memes #
November 21, 2008
— “What’s up, viral marketing douchebags? I’m gonna show you punks how a real man plays Bike Hero on Expert!” #
— they’re even sharing the template and tips on making your own #
— from the guy who made Alter Ego, the book of people with their online avatars #
— the same technique we used on Memeorandum Colors via anyall.org #
— students come in with fully-formed online identities, so they’ll just redirect to their existing email addresses via Delicious #
— from an Italian embroidery guide via Daring Fireball #
— it should surprise nobody that he was egged on by 4chan, who always adore an hero #
November 20, 2008
— I still think it’s great, but Derek disagrees; then again, I always assumed it was faked to some degree #
— no joke, I just spent the last hour reading his photojournals of South Korea, Japan, Dubai, and NYC #
— strangely hypnotic, other birds have the same ability via @procrastineering #
— he uses a simple webcam, FaceAPI, and the Half-Life 2 engine #
— trivia: Macrovision sold TV Guide to an equity firm for $1.00 last month, less than the cost of a single issue #
— perfectly nailed as Qix meets Trauma Center, it imports names from your address book #
November 19, 2008
— great writeup of a perfectly terrible person’s recent misadventures #
— the most baffling of all Google products, this one is closing after less than six months #
— it’s foolproof via groovymother.com #
— like Shazam for product packaging, price comparison’s coming soon #
— very quick with my iSight, I get much higher FPS than in the video via Cal Henderson #
— still, nothing beats Daniel #
— “All this time we’ve been… and all they wanted to do was… We’re horrible people!” via GameSetWatch #
— appropriately backed by Twitter, a primary outlet for kvetching #
November 18, 2008
— most likely a commercial viral, and maybe even fake, but does it matter? beyond awesome #
— mostly posting this just to beat Rex to it #
— every hour, on the hour, for one solid minute of metal complete with gothic arch and smoke machine #
— “the iPhone Ocarina officially replaces the recorder as the nerdiest instrument I can play” #
— millions of high-res photos, most never published #
— very complementary with S3 #
November 17, 2008
— “Thank you, normal-sized man.” #
— it never really fit him well, though I’ll miss his e.e. cummings memos #
— no, raunchy photos don’t accidentally attach themselves to outbound email #
— I made a LazyWeb plea for this last week, and Paul Irish came through #
— part of Kokoromi’s Gamma 3D showcase of anaglyph games #
— read Tom Taylor’s entry for more information #
— a strangely obscure target for their attention, with a petition to write to the game’s publisher via buzzfeed.com #
— good writing in a nice design from Brandon Boyer, former news editor of Gamasutra #
— play it online; glancing at the charts, it looks like Buried in Shoes was the most divisive #
— looks surprisingly good, but I’m a sucker for origin stories; I even liked Enterprise #
— Tim sums up the thought-provoking Boston Globe article #
— that’s not unique people, but concurrent connections; Napster peaked at 26M users #
— related: Chasing Ghosts will finally be released on BitTorrent Showtime in December via driph.com #
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