Loot box legislation
Loot boxes are subject to legislation in some countries; other countries are debating legislation. What is a loot box? Wikipedia…
Bio-reactors: converting waste into food
Someone should make a game about this: Space scientists propose technology which converts human waste into food: … A Penn…
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…
Carrion: you are the alien blob monster
This looks like fun: in Carrion, you play an alien blob monster, hunting and devouring humans in a failing space…
Algorithm Writes “Artspeak”
This has a playful spirit which may be of interest to game designers: Istanbul-based artist Selçuk Artut has created a…
Epic Games is suing me, says Caleb Rogers
Via Boing Boing: “Epic Games is suing a 14 year old for making a cheat tutorial and his brilliant mother…
Stone Story RPG uses text-based animation
Stone Story is an RPG with clever text-based ascii animations, combining old-school visual style with current-day gameplay. From the developer:…
Generating fantasy maps
Martin O’Leary has created an excellent Fantasy Map Generator — and shared the source code! I wanted to make maps…
Hook
I have not played Hook, but it looks interesting: Via Rock Paper Shotgun: The idea is that each level gives…
MAME going open-source
Happy news for MAME developers. Gamasutra reports that MAME is going open source to be a “learning tool for developers.”…