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Etsy :: The Storque :: Etsy News :: Etsy’s First Five Years Make expansion plans, get some investment capital, and *tell people what you’re doing.* Why don’t more companies do this? It probably helps that Etsy’s plans are sensible and straightforward. (tags: transparency etsy growth startup)…
Expert Page: Laura Bennett Project Runway 3’s Laura gives fashion advice in comic form, illustrated by Robert Best. (tags: project runway laura comics fashion) Yehuda: A Guide to Board and Card Games Based on Video Games (1971 to 2007) ‘the history of board and card games based on video games is not one of great games, with some improvements as of late.’ (tags: boardgames franchise games) Periodic Table Printmaking Project ‘Ninety-six…
Tweetmeme Tracking what’s wafting through the twittersphere right now. (tags: twitter meme networks)…
Facebook Apps On Any Website: Clever Move ‘Facebook announced Friday a new JavaScript client library that will allow Facebook apps to be displayed on any website.’ Now that’s interesting. (tags: facebook socialsoftware embedding widgets)…
Robot World News ‽ Ms. Pac-Man Plays Herself ‘Researchers have taught AI agents to play Ms. Pac-Man - and sometimes do it better than humans.’ (tags: ai pacman learning reinforcement) Turok Patch Removes Controversial Team-Kill Feature | Game | Life from Wired.com ‘The controversial feature in the upcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game Turok that rewards players for killing their teammates will be removed with a patch.’ Yikes, what a…
No Country for Old Arcades: Sunnyvale Golfland-Features-012308-32e93-gametap.com ‘Operators were much more willing to take a risk on something that may have been slow to recoup the loss, because the arcade scene was more active. “The way we purchase now is a lot different. We’ve had to become much more strategic.”’ (tags: arcades business) Home Page - Television Tropes & Idioms ‘a catalogue of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction….
Recycled Game Consoles Pen Good stuff. (tags: pen recycling consoles) Last.fm – the Blog · Free the Music ‘As of today, you can play full-length tracks and entire albums for free on the Last.fm website.’ A preview of their upcoming all-you-can-eat service. (tags: last.fm music subscriptions radio) Emigre Essays Repostings of essays from Emigre’s old magazine. (tags: emigre typography graphic design) MTV Multiplayer » When Are You Old Enough For Video…
Heath Ledger, Actor, Is Found Dead at 28 - New York Times (tags: obituaries heath ledger actors suicide)…
Campaign Reporting in Under 140 Taps - New York Times ‘Some might consider the idea of a barrage of text-messaged snippets about the presidential election the final dreadful realization of the news media’s obsession with “sound bites.”’ (tags: twitter journalism campaign) Flickr: Photos from The Library of Congress LoC starts posting public-domain photos for all to view (and tag). (tags: flickr library photos archives public) Core Memory: A Visual Survey of…
1980 games - Old online video and arcade games for free - Juegos en flash flash/java-emulated arcade games. (tags: retrogaming emulators)…
Sticker Power-ups Smash Bros Brawl will have stickers to collect in single-player mode. Stickers! (tags: stickers smashbros nintendo collecting) Dictionary Evangelist: Cheat at Scrabble! A fundraiser Scrabble tournament in which teams buy cheats with the money they’ve raised. (tags: scrabble cheating) claimID.com - Manage your online identity OpenID provider that connects your other OpenID providers. Does this make things more or less confusing? (tags: openid login wallet)…
Gamasutra - The Watery Pachinko Machine of Doom: Project Horseshoe’s Thoughts On Story On the game designer as experience mediator. (tags: experience ux gamedesign) Directors, Studios Reach ‘Tentative’ Three-Year Deal; Residual Rate For Paid Downloads ‘Doubled’ | paidContent.org (tags: directors labor royalties strike)…
FL 909 Flash-based TR-909 emulator. (tags: emulators 909 drums music)…
The nice thing about Duels is that it’s web-based and asynchronous, which means that you can level up and earn cash without having to spend hours pressing the same sequence of action keys over and over again.
The Unofficial World of Warcraft Cookbook-TaurenChef.com Real-life versions of WoW cooking recipes. (tags: worldofwarcraft wow cooking recipes food)…
World of Warcraft for Mobile Phones Totally a hoax, but why oh why won’t anyone make this for real? (tags: worldofwarcraft wow mobilegames hoax)…
Gamasutra - PEGI Ratings Show Forthcoming PSN Vib Ribbon This might finally force me to get a PS3. (tags: ps3 vibribbon games) Star Wars in Soul Calibur IV news from 1UP.com Darth Vader and Yoda to be the cameo characters in SC IV. (tags: soulcalibur fighting starwars games)…
15 Minutes of Fame: Noor the pacifist - WOW Insider Roleplaying WoW as a pacifist. I love seeing this sort of oppositional play. (tags: oppositional worldofwarcraft wow pacifism)…
Wee planets - a photoset on Flickr ‘360°x180° panoramas projected to look like small planets.’ (tags: mario photography globe planets flickr balls)…
San Francisco Cityscape: Bay Area Urban Planning Links, Maps & Photos Yum, transit maps. (tags: transit maps sanfrancisco)…
Your Twitter Karma Sort your twittersphere by followers/following. (tags: twitter socialsoftware network) Duels Gear/build-focused, PvP, browser-based MMOG. (tags: mmorpg browser combat) Pucca-funny love @ voozclub.com Yay Pucca! (tags: flash cartoons pucca cute characters)…
Google Reader Theme // journal // hicksdesign Hack to restylify Google Reader to look more Mac-y. (tags: google reader css)…
Twitter Stats Charts out your tweets per day, month, etc., as well who you reply to. (tags: twitter statistics)…
Since 2007’s resolutions went so well, I’m not going to bother with new ones for 2008. I’m just going to keep working on the unfinished business from the previous set.
Could an end to game piracy reside in a stuffed bear’s heart? ‘perhaps another path exists, other than “service provision as proof of relationship”. What if we think about “Personalized product as expression of relationship”?’ (tags: personalization media gamedesign bespoke) Gamezebo’s Best Casual Games of 2007 & Zeebys 2008 Update - Gamezebo.com Stuff I should’ve played, and might have if DTD hadn’t absorbed my entire year. (tags: casualgames 2007 lists bestof)…