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  • Introducing Scale-a-Tron. By Eric Brelsford and Alan McConchie | by Eric Brelsford | Apr, 2021 | Hi.Stamen
    Informative and fun new work from Stamen (along with a shout-out to How Big Really).
    (tags: stamen mapping scale comparison tools cartography )
  • I hadn’t thought of that before. | sara hendren
    "It costs us something to be the beginner. Our minds opt for intellectual ejector seats, taking us away from new ideas. But “I hadn’t thought of that before” is actually the experience of joy trying to reach us." Sara Hendren on expressing discovery as pleasure rather than threat.
    (tags: learning sarahendren questions knowledge )
  • It’s The New Thing! | FreakyTrigger
    "So here are some social media and music articles you could go away and write yourselves: I’ve even included example sentences to get you started." Social media is like All The Things.
    (tags: socialmedia tomewing comparison writing funny )
  • kisses
    "…Compares the magnitude of stuff. Like one guided missile destroyer costs as much as three million fluffy kittens."
    (tags: comparison data language english )
  • Multiple:Option: Obama Says: Yes We Can
    "Obama Says: Yes We Can is a Simon Says game based on Barack Obama's New Hampshire Primary speech, as later turned into song by will.i.am. Watch the game create a pattern of button and direction presses, and repeat that pattern correctly to score! The more you get correct, the harder the patterns become – can you keep up?" Oh blimey.
    (tags: games nintendods ds homebrew barackobama obama )
  • DS Fanboy – 2008's best homebrew
    Lots of good stuff in here I didn't know about, all for your DS, and all not illegal. Hurrah for homebrew.
    (tags: games nintendo ds homebrew list )
  • How to read books on DS DS
    "With DS Reader you can read any e-book (or text file) on your DS. It even has a great little bookmarking function to keep track of your progress." Ooh.
    (tags: nintendods ds homebrew reading ebook ereader )
  • Multiple:Option: Game Trivia Catechism
    "Game Trivia Catechism is a multiple-choice trivia game, testing your knowledge of video gaming. It can be played as straight trivia, or as part of a story that follows Al and Sally as they compete in the King of Game Trivia Tournament." Looks awesome.
    (tags: games ds homebrew trivia quiz )
  • Game Developers Conference 2009 – "Read Me: Closing the Readability Gap in Immersive Games"
    "Current mass-market games present simulations of incredible fidelity. Many of these titles also push genre boundaries and offer new mechanics to players. The problem, argues Ubisoft’s Patrick Redding (FAR CRY 2), is that these two developments are disconnected. Game output appears information-rich, but how much of that information can the player actually use to play better, and how much of it is just there to be spectacular or cinematic?" I would pretty much kill to see this. Gah.
    (tags: games information farcry2 talk patrickredding gdc2009 readability )
  • Gaza – a set on Flickr
    For those of you who might not be aware of its size, James has put the size of Gaza in context through comparing it to maps of other cities. Simple, effective communication.
    (tags: infographics maps comparison gaza jamesbridle )
  • GPSTagr: geotag flickr photos using GPS
    Welcome to GPSTagr. Our service allows you to geotag your flickr photos using a track file from a GPS device in 3 easy steps.
    (tags: none)
  • uplog » » Coding a Networked Bike
    "We’ve just finished a project for Yahoo called purple pedals (a.k.a. the yBike). In a nutshell, it’s a bike that takes pictures and uploads them to flickr in real time."
    (tags: none)
  • IF Competition: General Reflections and Favorites « Emily Short’s Interactive Fiction
    "This year, I have no apologies about any of my top five. Here’s my list of the cream of the crop…" Emily Short on this year's IF competition entrants.
    (tags: none)
  • geotag-lightroom-plugin – Google Code
    "This project installs menu items into the Adobe Lightroom interface that allows photos to be tagged with geographic information through the Lightroom interface."
    (tags: none)
  • Huffduffer
    "# Find links to audio files on the Web. # Huffduff the links—add them to your podcast. # Subscribe to podcasts of other found sounds." It's like delicious for audio, but it spits out a podcast. Some really lovely work from Jeremy.
    (tags: web application webapp hfdf podcast filtering social aggregation )
  • T=Machine » Cultural differences: game developers vs web developers
    Adam's a smart guy and all, but god, most of this just really rubs me the wrong way. He's correct about business (or rather, he's correct about many of the things I hate about Web Entrepreneurship at the moment); I don't really think his views on product design ring true, though.
    (tags: design web games industry comparison development product )
  • Trends in Japan – CScout Japan Blog » Bandai RPG Pedometers animate your steps
    "Bandai will soon be releasing two new hybrid pedometer games to keep you entertained while racking up the miles as you go about your life. … [The] idea is to set personal goals of exercise and achieve them in a fun way."
    (tags: games ubicomp pedometer talkingshoe rpg design interaction )
  • jordanmechner.com » Blog Archive » October 20, 1985
    Jordan Mechner is serialising – and backdating – his journals from making the original Prince Of Persia. This post is a corker, if only for one of the early videos of Mechner's brother running and jumping. If you've played the original game, you'll understand what I mean the second you see the video.
    (tags: animation video jordanmechner princeofpersia )
  • The Sands of Time: Crafting a Video Game Story – Jordan Mechner
    "In this chapter I'll try to shed some light on the creative and technical decision-making processes that went into crafting the story and narrative elements of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (POP for short). The team's approach was practical, not literary; our challenge was to find the right story for a mass-market action video game." Jordan Mechner on writing Sands of Time; well-crafted, and very pragmatic.
    (tags: writing jordanmechner games script princeofpersia pop popsot )
  • 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." Beautiful.
    (tags: xna games monochrome blackandwhite 3d npr nonphotorealistic abstract surreal stylised )

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