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Anil : Phones are For Hardcore Gamers - Please (re-)visit Dan Cook's seminal Nintendo's Genre Innovation Strategy essay from 2005. It's chock-full of his signature revelatory insights, in this case inspired by the excitement and skepticism surrounding the announcement of the controller for the
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nelson : Left 4k Dead - Like Left4Dead, only in 4k of Java code
deusx : Left 4k Dead - "The game is inspired by Left 4 Dead by Valve Software."
Andy Baio : Left 4k Dead - lo-fi zombie shooter in 4k of Java [via]
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Andy Baio : Achievement Unlocked - meta-game where unlocking achievements is the goal [via]
nelson : Achievement Unlocked - Clever little game
Rod Begbie : Achievement Unlocked | Armor Games - The game where unlocking achievements is the only point of the game. Hint: Clicking the Hint link gets you a "Cheater" achievement. [via] #
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nelson : Eve exploit details - Readable explanation of the scandal
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nelson : Eve exploit - The MMO had a bug in the economy that allowed infinite production. Here's a note from someone claiming to have used it.
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Andy Baio : David Rosen's design tour of Knytt Stories - like his World of Goo tour, explains the graphical, audio, and gameplay decisions that make the game special [via]
nelson : Knytt Stories tour - A sensitive video review of a sensitive game.
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Rod Begbie : Dangeresque - Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque - Short, fun, Flash approximation of ye olde LucasArts adventures from Homestar Runner. Ace! [via] #
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Rod Begbie : Tapulous - Tap Tap Dance - Stonking soundtrack to the new Tap Tap Revenge game (Daft Punk, Justice and Chemical Brothers, amongst others), and some trippy-ass visuals. Ace! #
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nelson : Fallout 3 review - Great commentary on how the writing works
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Rod Begbie : App Shopper: TapDefense - Fantastic, highly-addictive and free tower-defense game for iPhone. After three (almost half-hour each) games, having trouble beating Level 30 on Easy. #
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nelson : Fallout design - Interesting commentary on how the game and narrative work
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2 month ago
Andy Baio : Peter Hirschberg releases Adventure as a free iPhone app - related: Chasing Ghosts will finally be released on BitTorrent Showtime in December [via]
nelson : Atari Adventure for iPhone - classic Atari 2600 game ported
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Rod Begbie : PuzzleManiak: It's demoniak - I loved the jailbroken version pre-App Store, and I'm delighted that a polished version is now available. Only $5 for a buttload of challenging puzzle games. #
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nelson : MouseJail - For dual monitors: traps the mouse in the primary monitor if the program you're running isn't smart enough to
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Rod Begbie : Bejeweled Twist - PopCap's latest. When I watched the video, I was skeptical -- it all looked a bit crazy and flash and overkill. But it is ace fun and a worthy addition to the Bejeweled family. #
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nelson : Fallout history - Nice retrospective on the video game franchies
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nelson : Xbox 360 piracy - Didn't realize this console had been pretty well cracked open
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nelson : The cake was not a lie - Easter Egg to get to the cake in portal (hoax)
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joshua : YouTube - TEAMROOMBA's Channel - epic griefing in tf2
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Andy Baio : World of Goo is released to the public - the best game I've played this year; coming to Steam and WiiWare later today
Rod Begbie : 2D Boy: World of Goo - Stonking little indie game, finally officially released. Filled with bizarreness and imagination, I've been having a blast with it. #
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3 month ago
philgyford : UUA: Deep Fun - A good source of games to play with groups of people, ideal as ice-breakers. (via Cool Tools)
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3 month ago
nelson : Eve 64 - Some more notes from Eve Online's server infrastructure. They support more people interacting in real time on one computer than any deployment I know
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