May 2013
38 posts
Puppy Chow Recipe →
hangingfire:
Look, that thing about playing Cyberpunk hit me in the face with a blast of nostalgia, okay? We used to play the Sisters of Mercy, and my friend Brian’s mom always made a giant batch of Puppy Chow. Crispix cereal + chocolate + peanut butter + powdered sugar = a bunch of slightly crazed but pretty happy nerd kids pretending to be hackers and street samurai.
(My character was a...
Brain can be trained in compassion, study shows →
to read…
“Mom, can I play on the iPad?” my daughter calls from the kitchen, where I’m sure...”
– Choosing Minecraft Over Disney — Editor’s Picks — Medium
Bill Russell on Playing In The Zone
stoweboyd:
Playing ‘in the zone’ is what many athletes call their experience of Mihály Csíkszentmihályi’s flow state, the complete absorption in what you are doing.
Bill Russell, Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man
Every so often a Celtics game would heat up so that it became more than a physical or even mental game, and would be magical. That feeling is difficult to describe, and...
Emergent Digital Practices: Bored of Farmville?... →
emergentdigitalpractices:
In May, Facebook users who are looking to waste a little time online will have a new option; a game called Tahrir Square Defense will allow them to relive the glory days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
Alkottab, the Egyptian games development company responsible for the game, describe…
“It’s time to stop thinking of computer programming as a specialty subject....”
– Why High Schools Should Treat Computer Programming Like Algebra - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic (via infoneer-pulse)
Special Guest Edition: The Hawkeye Initiative IRL!
thehawkeyeinitiative:
I recently received an email from an anonymous fan sharing how she pulled a Hawkeye Initiative themed prank on her CEO to illustrate a problem with some artwork. My personal compliments to her and her accomplice on a mission well done; they perfectly took they perfectly took the concept of The Hawkeye Initiative one step farther, and effected actual change. I hope this...
dropouthangoutspaceout:
In relation to that Gorz quote I would say videogames have become one of those “spheres” that was supposed to separated from “real life”, which explains, once again, why “gam3rz” are so virulent in their defense of sexism, separate spheres, border patrolling, racism etc. It’s that “private sphere” that they shared with others which was conceived as their private garden,...
Medialab Prado: Solid Interfaces & Urban Games CFP
emergentdigitalpractices:
Solid Interfaces & Urban Games: Digital Games in the Public Space. Call for Projects
Open Call for project proposals to be developed during a production workshop for the creation of video games related to public space and the city as an interface (July 1-7, 2013).
During seven days of intensive work, ideas will be tested and prototypes developed by working with...
“SimCity 4 was literally prototyped in Excel. There were no graphics—it was just...”
– Sim City: An Interview with Stone Librande - Venue (via thisistheverge)
Recess! 11 – Restate My Assumptions
karsalfrink:
Recess! is a correspondence series with personal ruminations on games.
Dear Alper and Niels,
My apologies, I fell off the Recess! horse there for a minute. But I’m back in the saddle. Let’s see, what were we talking about again?
Alper obsessively played Ultratron for a while, got bored, stopped and felt guilty for spending 11 hours on it.
Niels helped make Toki Tori 2, got...
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Remember That You Will Die - Games and Finality
estebanfajardo:
Remember That You Will Die
Games and Finality
This all began with a match of Super Smash Bros.[1] My roommate knocked me straight into the air until I flew up so high that I vanished in a pulse of blue energy and a disembodied narrator exclaimed KO! My other friend casually says, “he’s got three kills on you!” but instead of wondering how I’m going to make a comeback...
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“I always took for granted that the best art was political and was revolutionary....”
– Toni Morrison (via vickypasion)
“Plaintiffs accuse Warner Bros and 5th Cell of including, without any licenses or...”
– Milord A. Keshishian: Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat’s Attorneys Sue Scribblenauts Videogame For Copyright and Trademark Infringement (via).
Presented without comment, because I have no words.
(via blech)
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“Maybe, when you were a kid – or currently, if you are a kid – you used to draw...”
– Pixel Press creates games from your drawings | Joystiq
Watchnotational:
Stop Drawing Dead Fish (by Bret Victor)
People are alive — they behave and respond. Creations within the computer can also live, behave, and respond… if they are allowed to. The message of this talk is that computer-based art tools should embrace both forms of life — artists behaving through real-time performance, and art behaving through real-time simulation. Everything we draw...
SiSSYFiGHT 2000 returns
jkottke:
If you’re of a certain internet age, from the time when idealistic nerds and not bizdev bros ruled the roost, you probably remember SiSSYFiGHT 2000. (If not, this Salon review of the game from 2000 may lift the fog.) The original creators of the game are bringing it back, open sourced, HTML5, and the whole thing. Funds are being raised on Kickstarter as we speak.
In the mystical years...
April 2013
46 posts
We Aren't the World →
xtianw:
The test that Henrich introduced to the Machiguenga was called the ultimatum game. The rules are simple: in each game there are two players who remain anonymous to each other. The first player is given an amount of money, say $100, and told that he has to offer some of the cash, in an amount of his choosing, to the other subject. The second player can accept or refuse the split. But...
Ian Bogost commissions Cameron Kunzelman to... →
dropouthangoutspaceout:
Well, securing my station as ‘patron of the arts’ only cost me: a copy of Žižek’s Less than Nothing, which I ran over repeatedly with my car; a t-shirt of my design; and five pounds of cheese balls.
We now know the future of arts funding.
“He [Steve Jobs] and [Daniel] Kottke enjoyed playing a nineteenth-century German variant of chess called Kriegspiel, in which the players sit back-to-back; each has his own board and pieces and cannot see those of his opponent. A moderator informs them if a move they want to make is legal or illegal, and they have to try to figure out where their opponent’s pieces are. “The wildest game I played...
Kingsmeadow Dreams →
thaumatropia:
I’ve started a new writing project Kingsmeadow Dreams. I will be playing through a campaign of FIFA 12 and try and build a compelling emergent narrative around what happens in-game. The story is centered on AFC Wimbledon, a small English club in the fourth tier of the national football system. They’ve just acquired a new manager and have lofty aspirations for an eventual promotion...
GIRLS IN IT: THE FACTS from NCWIT →
girldevelopit:
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