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By retreating into beta, Glitch can avoid becoming an evolutionary dead-end. Two alternatives, pursued by other large MMOPRGs successfully and not, involve changing the parameters of play well into the game’s release, prompting mass departures when months or years of mastering skills become worthless, or making minor course corrections and never igniting enough interest to…
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edgina: Dream Big by Peter Fecteau
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Kevin Slavin: There’s not a direct line. But they both derive from some of the things that led to Area/Code. A couple of examples: Back in the late 90s, early 2000s, Geocaching was just beginning, and a couple of years later, Katie Salen, Nick Fortugno and Frank Lantz did the Big Urban Game. Around that…
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The New Aesthetic: The Blue Devil is “optionally manned”, able to fly with a crew if…
The New Aesthetic: The Blue Devil is “optionally manned”, able to fly with a crew if… new-aesthetic: The Blue Devil is “optionally manned”, able to fly with a crew if required (as when transiting civil-controlled airspace, for legal reasons) or without (as will probably be the case on most operational missions). The big ship is…
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The students who come out of school without jobs aren’t, for the most part, starry-eyed liberal arts majors but rather people who thought a degree in business, graphic design or nursing was a practical, job-oriented credential. How Art History Majors Power the U.S. Economy: Virginia Postrel – Bloomberg via Tower of Sleep
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Noisefold concert at University of North Texas Feb. 14 and 15, 2011 in the MEIT (Merril Ellis Intermedia Theater) NoiseFold is a live cinema and electronic music ensemble founded by artist-performers, David Stout and Cory Metcalf ( www.noisefold.com ) David Bithell (trumpet and computer) and Andrew May (violin and computer) joined Stout and Metcalf for…
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thedocumentarian: Stars and Water Carriers by Jørgen Leth. Arguably the best film about competitive cycle racing ever made, Leth takes an in-depth look at the unique structure, mores, code and conduct of the peloton. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
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curiositycounts: The very first microprocessor ad, circa 1971, as seen in this fantastic vintage documentary on the dawn of the microprocessor and the birth of the venture capital industry
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thenextweb: Perhaps surprisingly, Rovio’s Angry Birds game appealed more to the older demographic, with 35% of 35-44-year-olds playing it recently, compared to only 22% of 18-24-year-olds. (via Angry Birds Appeals Most to Over 35s)
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1. Stop rewriting code. Engine reuse, library reuse, etc. 2. Stop chasing bleeding edge graphics. Chase unique aesthetics instead. 3. Embrace tools. 4. Embrace procedural content, of all sorts, just don’t count on it being the answer to everything. 5. Embrace systemic game design rather than content-driven design. It is harder to do but makes…