26 days ago
Andy Baio : The Unfinished Swan, beautiful indie game in an all-white world - oddly, announced at the same time as the Whitewash tech demo in Unity
deusx : The Unfinished Swan - "The Unfinished Swan is a first-person painting game set in an entirely white world. Players can splatter paint to help them find their way through an unusual garden. "
Rod Begbie : The Unfinished Swan - Video preview of a really interesting looking new indie game where the world is completely blank until you fire at it with your one weapon: A paintball gun which helps you "see" the obstacles. Watch the video to see it make sense. [via] #
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2 month ago
Rod Begbie : Spore: Turning Gold into Lead - Interesting decription of why Spore isn't as good a game as hoped. My interest in it certainly waned between playing around with the Creature Creator through to the game's release. [via] #
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3 month ago
Rod Begbie : Raptr - Just-launched social network site for video-gamers. A month ago, I wouldn't have paid much attention, but having really gotten into the social side of Xbox Live, I can see the appeal. [via] #
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3 month ago
Rod Begbie : Braid's ending explained - SPOILER, natch. Internet theorising about a non-obvious subtext to Braid's story. If Portal was a video-game short-story, is Braid a video-game poem? [via] #
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4 month ago
Rod Begbie : Zero Punctuation : The E3 Trailer Park - Zero Punctuation is always worth watching -- viciously funny videogame reviews -- but this week's is a great sampler if you haven't watched before. #
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9 month ago
Andy Baio : Landon Dyer's story of working on Donkey Kong at Atari in the 1980s - don't miss the rest of his blog, too [via]
philgyford : DadHacker » Blog Archive » Donkey Kong and Me - Lovely early days of computing story about the guy who wrote Donkey Kong for the Atari 400/800 home computer. (via Kottke)
Milo Vermeulen : DadHacker - Donkey Kong and Me - DadHacker - Donkey Kong and Me [more] [via]
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11 month ago
nelson : Worst Wii games - Somewhat funny, somewhat insightful
Rod Begbie : 2007's Worst Wii Games - Thankfully, I was completely unaware that any of these games existed -- I had to do a quick search to make sure they were real, and not created purely for the purposes of this article! [via] #
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11 month ago
Andy Baio : Rock Band: What you really sound like - stop harshing my delusion [via]
plasticbag : What you sound like when you're playing Rock Band... - Cal and I spent quite a lot of the break over Christmas and New Year obsessively playing Rock Band and World of Warcraft and ordering in the odd pizza. I actually think they sound quite good. Full marks for trying guys!
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17 month ago
adamrg : People and their Avatars - Three categories spring to mind: Reflected reality, constructed unreality, and fantasy.
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20 month ago
jimray : Chick Chick Boom - I will soon be addicted to this, thanks a lot, Dan
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20 month ago
jimray : The Daedelus Project is looking in to the psychology of people who play MMORPG's - Apparently, first borns are more likely to be MMORPGers
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20 month ago
Rod Begbie : Media Molecule - We make games. - This month's issue of Edge practically creams itself over the game which is now named "Little Big Planet". Watching this preview video, it certainly looks like it could be fun, but it's not convincing me I need to rush out and drop $600 on a PS3 like Edg #
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22 month ago
jimray : Top 10 indy games of the year - Some spectacular looking stuff here
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22 month ago
Andy Baio : Long exposure photos of '80s arcade games - Tempest is gorgeous
Nelson Minar : Game long exposures - Beautiful simple concept (via Waxy)
jimray : Long exposures of 80's video games - This is rad
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22 month ago
jimray : Wii Transfer - Format your media on your Mac for your Wii, now shares over the network, too!
jonhicks : Riverfold Software - Wii Transfer
Greg Storey : Wii Transfer. - Move over AppleTV, now there's something meatier.
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23 month ago
43folders : Flickr: The DS games based on movies that I wanna play Pool - Crank up your Photoshop, and help us make some Nintendo DS magic.
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24 month ago
jimray : Wiimote working with Mac Torque game engine
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24 month ago
Rod Begbie : Wii Safety: The Missing Pages - a photoset on Flickr - Do not taunt Happy Fun Wii. [via] #
jimray : Wii Safety: The Missing Pages - "As demonstrated by our favorite gadget site Gizmodo."
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24 month ago
jkottke : Sketchfighter 4000 is a gorgeous video game with a hand-drawn look - Sketchfighter 4000 is a gorgeous video game with a hand-drawn look. (via df) [via]
jimray : Ambrosia Software, Inc. -- games/SketchFighter 4000 alpha - This looks like fun...
deusx : Ambrosia Software, Inc. -- games/SketchFighter 4000 alpha - "SketchFighter 4000 Alpha redefines "retro" by bringing together the imaginative pen and paper sketches from your youth with a killer resolution independent OpenGL graphics engine."
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24 month ago
Andy Baio : The Mii Lebowski - silly machinima using Wii Sports' Bowling
jimray : GameTrailers.com - User Movie: The Mii Lebowski by bluegoggles - Revgeorge has dubbed the word "miichinima" and I love it
Rod Begbie : GameTrailers.com - User Movie: The Mii Lebowski - The Big Lebowski, remade with Miis and Wii Bowling. [via] #
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25 month ago
jkottke : New version of MAME for OS X that works natively on the Intel machines - New version of MAME for OS X that works natively on the Intel machines. MAME is an arcade emulator that lets you play arcade games on your computer. (via df) [via]
jimray : MAME OS X - MAME for Intel Macs
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25 month ago
jimray : Microsoft Moves Into Video Download Fray - Movie/TV downloads come to your XBox
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25 month ago
jkottke : New Yorker profile of Will Wright - Looks like a good issue of the New Yorker this week, including a profile of Will Wright and a review of Steven Johnson's The Ghost Map.
jimray : New Yorker profile on game designer Will Wright - Can't wait for Spore
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25 month ago
jimray : PAC-MAN® Moving Power-Plush - Full Set - Yeah, it's a plush Pac-Man set, but get this - they chase each other around the room! Rock!
deusx : clubNAMCO.com :: Toys :: PAC-MAN� Moving Power-Plush - Full Set - "PAC-MAN and the ghost gang are on the move as adorable battery-operated waddling plush toys. Switch PAC-MAN and the ghosts "on" and let the games and mayhem begin!"
Rod Begbie : clubNAMCO.com :: Toys :: PAC-MAN® Moving Power-Plush - Wicked awesome (albeit pricey) "waddling" PacMan + Ghosts plush toys. (But what's with this "NOT available to ship to addresses in Massachusetts" bullshit?!) [via] #
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25 month ago
jimray : PAC-MAN® Ghost "EAT ME" t-shirt - Deliciously retro.
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