The internal economics of a popular Minecraft server
Alice Maz writes about how she mastered the economics of Minecraft: I started on my server with only a rudimentary…
Creating bacterial ‘fight clubs’ to discover new drugs
“Creating bacterial “fight clubs” is an effective way to find new drugs from natural sources.” That is the conclusion of…
Turn your screen into a playable Super Mario level
Desktop application Screentendo allows you to capture an image of your screen, and export the image as a playable Super…
Zuckerberg on games and programming
In a recent online Q&A, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked about playing games as a kid, and growing up to…
JetCapsule
The JetCapsule — a luxury micro-yacht from Lazzarini Design — should be in a game: Now is that James Bond…
Unreal Engine 4 Is Now Free
Epic Games recently announced a new business model: Unreal Engine 4 is now available to everyone for free, and all…
Play Pong on Traffic Light Controls
Here is an amusing game: Pong, played on traffic light controls. STREETPONG from HAWK Hildesheim on Vimeo. Via Boing Boing:…
Tetris and Software Testing
Jack Witham recently observed: It’s hard to test software: even simple software! He writes: Tetris is one of the best-known…
No Monday Night UT3, For Now
I have stopped playing Monday Night UT3 due to other obligations (work, school). I do play the occasional impromptu match.…
Monday Night UT3 (July 28)
The tradition continues: Monday Night UT3! Tonight’s bout will begin with Zhukka — one of my latest custom maps. Download…