links for 2008-08-30
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Guitar Hero, without the guitar.
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Pac-man-esque game that generates levels based on screenshots of web sites.
links for 2008-08-29
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Not only is it Wolfenstein in JavaScript, it's Wolfenstein in JavaScript with photos from your Flickr pool pasted onto the walls. We are living in an age of wonders.
links for 2008-08-28
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'Are you tired of browser-based games that are thinly veiled interfaces for databases? Finally, there's a game that just is a database!'
links for 2008-08-27
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âSeldom has the distinction between a restrictive and a nonrestrictive clause been more important,â
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How to go from a fun and exciting board to a bland and formless final product.
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Good interview with a veteran level designer.
links for 2008-08-26
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'we should be facilitating activity for groups, not for individuals. And not rigidly, locked-down groups – guilds and clubs and societies – but the loose, flabby, overlapping groups that we really interact in.'
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'Cissexual privilege is the privilege of having a body that matches the sex your brain expects. Cissexual privilege is the privilege of having a body that matches what society expects.'
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Bento so adorable you'll want to eat it up.
Braid: Unforgiven.
Since I’ve solved all of Braid’s puzzles, I’m less annoyed than I initially was by how finicky and tightly wound some of them are.
links for 2008-08-22
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Can you believe it[Interrocolon] People can make new punctuation marks up out of thin air.
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One of the better readings of Braid I've seen. Actually puts those damnable books into some sort of context. (Contains spoilers.)
links for 2008-08-20
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'Type in any food you can think of — including brand-name snacks or boxed meals — and Weight Watchers has already calculated the points for you. If she makes a special sandwich at home, she can calculate the ingredients, save it with a custom name, and then drag and drop it into her day every time she eats one.'
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'As well as talking to game makers the project will conduct interviews with players who took part in or witnessed the significant world events seen in some online games.'
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Mockups of games with credits on the cover.