Category: words

  • nyugamecenter: In Jonathan Blow’s talk on design, time constraints, and the disappointment of not reaching the goals you envisioned in time, he discussed his next game that he refers to as “Game 3.” Planned to take twenty years to make, the game currently has 40-60 playable hours. He plans the release in installments, but not…

  • Your game design gets better with nicer animations. Your game design gets better when the bitmaps get better. A lot of people don’t want to believe that, but I’ve found it to be true. Jonathan Blow, on the value of high production values (via monster-jam)

  • bartleby-company: Tesla Tower

  • We want games to be a space where everyone feels welcome. We think critical thinking in games should be applauded. We want to play all kinds of games, made by all kinds of people. We think games are for everyone. Want to join us? Use the heart icon as your profile image on Twitter, Facebook,…

  • brainstatic: The background here: moments ago, the CEO of Blizzard forcefully condemned gamergate. He has yet to receive any vitriol. The woman who did nothing but transcribe his words is getting hate mail. Because ethics.

  • kenyatta: The Justice Department is scooping up data from thousands of mobile phones through devices deployed on airplanes that mimic cellphone towers, a high-tech hunt for criminal suspects that is snagging a large number of innocent Americans, according to people familiar with the operations. The U.S. Marshals Service program, which became fully functional around 2007,…

  • rhube: sleepinnude: splend42: serlorastyrel: why is no one talking about the #feministprincessbride hashtag This makes me so happy “There’s a shortage of intersectional feminists in this world. It would be a pity to damage you.” Oh my goodness. This is the best thing I have ever seen.

  • samueldelany: bell hooks – Transgressive Sexual Practice An open dialogue hosted by Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (http://www.newschool.edu/lang) on sexuality with bell hooks, Marci Blackman (Author of Tradition), Samuel “Chip” Delany (Director, Creative Writing (Fiction), College of Liberal Arts, Temple University), and M. Lamar (video artist and sculptor). (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • Cheap dates: the pitiful sums that Big Cable used to buy off the politicians who oversee it

    my representative is on this list, ugh. mostlysignssomeportents: Even when you factor in dark money, Super PACs and the rest of it, politicians are willing to sell out the nervous system of the 21st century to the worst companies in America for less than $100K. Read the rest…