Use Game Mechanics to Reward Your Customers
“Countless start-ups are incorporating game-design strategies, hoping to eventually grow revenue off of consumer data, or by using a combination…
Battle Shoe
This belongs in a game somewhere. It really does: — Phil Noto Via Boing Boing.
Zynga and Video Games
Scott Steinberg asks: “Is Zynga Now A Video Game Company?” Certainly. Zynga’s as much a video game company as any…
Meatcraft: A Real World Minecraft Art Gallery
Meatcraft was a real world art installation by Jeffrey Kam and Cody McCabe, presented at San Jose State University from…
Big wins for University of Houston game design teams
It was a big day for University of Houston computer science department game design teams: Team Big Impact Bear won…
10 Reasons You Need To Play Ace Of Spades
Quintin Smith really, really wants you to play Ace of Spades: 10 Reasons You Need To Play Ace Of Spades…
Perfection versus Mortality in Games and Simulation
The New Cultural Form: Perfection versus Mortality in Games and Simulation at Rensselaer Willy Nilly’s Surf Shack offers a cure…
Motorcycles out of watch parts
These lovely objects belong in a game somewhere. They really do: motorcycles out of watch parts by dkart71 Someone, please,…
Debugging Techniques
Some useful tips on debugging your code from roel at devmaster.net. This is in response to a question about collision…
Career Colleges, Toxic Choices
From a Seattle Times editorial: For-profit colleges have successfully marketed a compelling story in which they star front and center…