January 2011
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A truly graphic adventure: the 25-year rise and... →
Graphic adventure games struggle to find success in today’s market, but once upon a time they topped sales charts year after year. The genre shot to the top of computer gaming in the latter half of the 1980s, then suffered an equally precipitous fall a decade later. It shaped the fate of the largest companies in the gaming industry even as the games’ crude color graphics served as...
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WatchOh, Conan. So terrible and funny at the same time.
(i wanted to link the teamcoco embed, which is way less buggy looking… but they play an ad first, so CNN wins after all. why is this on CNN… I don’t know, but there you go. >_> )
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Spell Check: 5 Mistakes To Avoid In Magicka →
This game sounds kind of amazing, in an “oshi—” kind of way. >_>
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The Engagement Hierarchy →
The Engagement Hierarchy tries to graphically capture the idea that engagement is far more than a number. You can (and should) measure the retention of your game as best you can. But you also need to qualitatively understand what kind of engagement your game is generating, or trying to generate. Otherwise you might do stupid things, like try and sell poorly thought-out virtual goods to an...
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WatchUgh.
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Watch
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior, part II
(note: yes, this is part II, because part I was written almost as a gut reaction to the piece… which was mostly just confusion and turmoil and not worth reading anyway. after stewing on it for twenty-four hours and reading the follow-up, I think I am now in a much better position to reply coherently. so here it is.)
First of all, thank you Wall Street Journal for deliberately choosing a...
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Myst Online is alive... again... for the, um, we... →
This is only annoying because every time it starts up again, I have to complete the saaame first four Ages over again, in order to get back to material that I don’t remember / is new.
Saaaame… fouuuur… Aaaages…
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JELLOWARE : Biodegradable, Edible (and vegan!)... →
I don’t actually like Jello. But I’m behind the concept.
On another note, Kickstarter is a fascinating concept of a website. I hope they’re doing well.
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Illegal Rainbows →
I read through maybe three different articles on the topic before settling on this one. Apparently there’s some person who has been vandalizing buildings by pouring paint down the sides in rainbows.
In Albuquerque at least, the official response has been overwhelmingly negative, which is kind of depressing. I understand the point that these buildings belong to someone else and the artist...
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55 Science Fiction/Fantasy Movies to Watch Out For... →
This is kind of a fun list. I don’t care about the vast majority of them, but there are a couple titles that sound interesting… “Now”, for example, or “Hugo Cabret”.
But I literally squealed when I got to the second to last entry. Sherlock Holmes 2? Oh gawd yes!
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Oh, uh. Hello 2011.
Talk about your low key New Year. We spent it watching the countdown on Manda’s television and playing Bang… probably some of the more aggressive games I’ve ever participated in. >_>
Lately I’ve been busy, but only socially… have just been visiting with friends and family… and family friends. My extended family has been overrun with young children...