Category Archives: games

Four short links: 17 Mar 2009

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Nat Torkington

Startups, databases, iPhone app marketplace, and how to launch: Weary of Looking for Work, Some Create Their Own (NY Times) — a story about a new tide of entrepreneurs forced into it by the economic times. The goal for many entrepreneurs nowadays is not to create a company that will someday make billions but to come up with an idea… Continue reading →

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Four short links: 20 Feb 2009

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Nat Torkington

Accessibility, trails, Pacman, and power today. Have a fun weekend! Social Accessibility Project — clever IBM approach to solving web accessibility problems: a sidebar for Firefox that lets people with assistive devices like screenreaders say “hey, I had this problem with this page”, and a crowd will help fix it. (via Derek Featherstone’s Webstock talk, notes here) Why I Want… Continue reading →

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Chris Crawford Delivers a Sneak Peek at SWAT! (with Interview)

Posted on February 14, 2009 by wrt@writerresponsetheory.org (Writer Response Theory)

WRT has it on good authority (the authors’) that Chris Crawford, collaborating with Laura J. Mixon, is readying the full launch of an interactive story-authoring system almost 20 years in the making. Introducing “SWAT” (Storyworld Authoring Tool) and Storyteller (the software for playing a SWAT Storyworld). Crawford first took on this epic quest [...] Continue reading →

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Four short links: 30 Jan 2009

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Nat Torkington

Two serious links and two fun today, thanks to Waxy and BoingBoing: EveryBlock Business Model Brainstorming — Adrian Holovaty’s project was funded by a Knight Foundation grant that’s about to run out. The software will be open sourced but he’s inviting suggestions of business models that would enable the project team to continue working on it full-time. Having used and… Continue reading →

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Four short links: 28 Jan 2009

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Nat Torkington

Sensors, games, recession indicators, and book prep in today’s four short links: New Networks Take Nature’s Pulse – an article in Christian Science Monitor about sensor networks. Makezine pointed out that hobbyists are building low-cost versions with Arduinos. Sensor networks are part of the “Web meets World” change we’re in, where the Web ceases to be something you sit down… Continue reading →

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Four short links: 27 Jan 2009

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Nat Torkington

Fantasy, feedback, facts, and flies, all will be revealed in today’s links of loops and life: Blueful – a story told in text, but delivered through the medium of web sites. It’s like an xkcd cartoon embodied in the web. Interesting, artistic, and makes you look at web sites in a new way. From Aaron A. Reed. The Case Against… Continue reading →

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Four short links: 9 Jan 2009

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Nat Torkington

Four questions, one per link: what next, can it solve a big problem, what’s the final boss for Python programming, and why on earth would anyone want yogurt that glows in the dark? End Times – gloomy piece on the future of journalism, to be added to the large pile of other gloomy pieces on the future of journalism (e.g.,… Continue reading →

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A Novel Protagonist with a Health Meter?

Posted on December 9, 2008 by wrt@writerresponsetheory.org (Writer Response Theory)

I Love You, Beth Cooper was described to me as a John Hughes film as a book. It has the nerdy protagonist. The unreachable cheerleader (slated to be played by the quintessential cheerleader, Hayden Panettiere). The wacky friend and loads of comic violence thanks to Larry Doyle, writer for The Simpsons (and [...] Continue reading →

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Asynchronous Multiplayer Mobile Gaming

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Raven Zachary

With all the news on Friday about Apple’s release of iPhone OS 2.2, there was another iPhone news item that got less attention than it deserved. Two young iPhone developers, Danielle Cassley and Jason Citron, released the sequel to their much-acclaimed iPhone puzzle game, Aurora Feint. Aurora Feint II: The Arena (iTunes link) introduces the concept of ‘casual asynchronous massively… Continue reading →

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Reading the OED: A Crossword Puzzle

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Rebecca

A crossword puzzle based on Reading the OED.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Reading the OED: A Crossword Puzzle”, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/reading-the-oed/” }); Continue reading →

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