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  • Interview with Alan Taylor, Creator of Boston Globe’s The Big Picture – Waxy.org
    Some good stuff and choice quotes about the background to the Big Picture, a truly wonderful blog of the stories hidden inside wire photojournalism.
    (tags: bigpicture photography photojournalism bostonglobe programming journalism web blog)
  • StumbleVideo – TF2 Karaoke: My Heart Will Go On on Vimeo
    Awesome. Server set up to play karaoke; players mix appalling singing with a bit of the old ultraviolence. I miss PC gamers.
    (tags: karaoke music play games tf2 celinedion humour groups fun)
  • DOFI-BLOG どふぃぶろぐ Cat on a Dolphin
    Wonderful, wonderful, one-button game that looks like those cave-surfing games but isn’t. Gorgeous.
    (tags: play games flash simple abstract silly surreal onebutton nlgd2008playlist japanese)
  • Skills Shortage Article // None /// Eurogamer
    “It’s time for direct action against bad game-related degrees.” Yes, yes, yes. A thoughtful, sensible article… and one that applies to many other fields, too. Such a waste.
    (tags: education uk games degree university polytechnic skills gamesindustry)
  • Michael S. Rosenwald – Putting Prices Into Focus – washingtonpost.com
    A good article, until the last sentence which made me VERY ANGRY.
    (tags: finance economics psychology iphone purchasing behaviour)
  • IGDA – Articles – Why Crunch Mode Doesn’t Work: 6 Lessons
    “There’s a bottom-line reason most industries gave up crunch mode over 75 years ago: It’s the single most expensive way there is to get the work done.” Yes, yes, yes; a great article, with lots of good references.
    (tags: overtime crunch productivity software development programming games exploitation labour efficiency)
  • Ice-T vs Soulja Boy – kanYe West : Blog
    ” He came from the hood, made his own beats, made up a new saying, new sound and a new dance with one song. He had all of America rapping this summer. If that ain’t Hip Hop then what is?” 21st Century beefs, with Kanye weighing in. Great.
    (tags: hiphop beef souljaboy kanyewest icet media)
  • One Of The Greatest Quotes Ever… | iain tait | crackunit.com
    “Television is the way it is simply because people tend to be extremely similar in their vulgar and prurient and dumb interests and wildly different in their refined and aesthetic and noble interests.” Iain Tait with some DFW. Sharp stuff.
    (tags: davidfosterwallace quotation television media aesthetics vulgarity refinement culture stereotyping broadstrokes)

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