December 2008
41 posts
david: Pirate Baby's Energy Drink Commercial... →
Luke Plunkett:
Dec 31st
david: The Year In Graphs →
Alec Meer: Stats about games about stats: what finer way to ring in the new year? GamerDNA and Massively have shoved up some end-of-year research detailing the trending and state of…
Dec 31st
dan: Worlds.com patent suit hits NCSoft →
Raph: A while back I mentioned that Worlds.com had made known the intention to sue over their virtual world patents. Now the other shoe has dropped, as Virtual Worlds News reports…
Dec 30th
nabeel: Quantcast Shows Which Services Rely Most... →
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Dec 28th
nabeel: How Sonny Became 2008’s Big Flash Game Hit →
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Dec 28th
the dramatic war triangle: conflict as a social... →
Dec 26th
in-game peeps « mod & metaphor
Good post covering adapting the activity feed and profile page to a social game. http://modme.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/in-game-peeps/
Dec 26th
adam: Mac vs PC →
Dec 24th
josh: $500M in VC money in games this year →
Dec 24th
jesse: musical shooter for iphone →
I’ll show you guys when I get back in case no one’s bought it yet.
Dec 23rd
adam: it's too bad the world embraced flash,... →
Dec 23rd
Just in time for your time off, a Loudcrowd update →
: For all of you in the private Beta, we’ve got an update that will make the perfect stocking stuffer to fill your long winter days. So come on by and check it out! Tracks Page and…
Dec 21st
dan: ‘Scribblenauts’ DS Developer Consults... →
Stephen Totilo: I like game designer Jeremiah Slaczka. I like his team’s games (”Drawn to Life,” “Lock’s Quest.”) And I believe he’s an honest man. But I’ve never had such a hard time…
Dec 19th
Meat girls with scent of Burger →
Dec 19th
fareed: Mochi Media’s top 10 most popular Flash... →
Dean Takahashi: Mochi Media is in a unique place to measure the popularity of Flash-based web games. That’s because it measures usage and inserts ads into the most popular games in a…
Dec 18th
dano: LaLa, The Black Sheep Of Music Startups,... →
Michael Arrington: LaLa doesn’t get nearly as much attention as the other streaming music services, probably because they actually charge users to listen to music. Sites like MySpace…
Dec 18th
jesse: EQUESTRIANS ARE FINE ASS BALLIN’ UPSCALE... →
Dec 17th
Evolution of Video Game Graphics
Pretty awesome collection:
http: //www.webdesignerdepot.com/2008/12/video-game-design-between-1990-2008/
- langer
Dec 17th
nabeel: MusicBox: a truly powerful visualization... →
: USEFUL. Maybe the first wonderful visualization of your music that is actually useful, make sure you watch the whole thing.
Dec 16th
adam: Beautiful flash music site →
Dec 14th
adam: merry xmas..in 8-bit →
Dec 14th
Soundtrack to your Life (via the iPhone)
Pretty amazing new app for the iPhone - watch the video, and make sure to get past the 4 minute mark: http://rjdj.me/what/
Dec 13th
adam: I have no words for this →
Dec 12th
has shared: MoMA PopRally: DFA Dance Party /...
wanted to share this with you: HOLY COW, this is a big one. DFA dance show at MoMA featuring The Juan Maclean, sponsored by PopRally and Fred. MoMA PopRally: DFA Dance Party / Sat.Mar.01.08 http://fredspot.com/2008/02/26/moma-poprally-dfa-dance-party-satmar0108/
Dec 11th
Smattering of games this guy made →
Dec 10th
damon: The Rock Band Stage Kit In Action [Rock... →
Luke Plunkett:
Dec 10th
Virgin America coming to Boston! →
Dec 10th
Games effecting music, instead of the other way... →
I’ve had the exact same experience. …But I’ve been noticing that change dramatically in recent weeks, and I think it’s entirely due to Rock Band 2. Lately I can listen to music and hear it so much more fully than I ever have in the past. For the first time I actually hear drumlines and basslines at the same levels as the guitar parts, and I can attribute this change to...
Dec 9th
josh: wired.com article: the rise and fall of an... →
Dec 8th
hubball: Storefronts in Virtual Worlds Bringing in...
(From today’s NYT) Want to walk a mile in Elvis Presley’s blue suede shoes? It’ll cost you 50 cents. In a down economy, that might be an affordable luxury to a teenager or twenty-something hanging out in a virtual world like Gaia Online, which this week will start selling a range of digital accessories depicting the rock legend’s style, including blue suede shoes, a...
Dec 8th
nabeel: Avoid the Fearmongers →
brad@feld.com:
Dec 8th
nabeel: Avoid the Fearmongers →
brad@feld.com:
Dec 8th
DIY Daft Punk Helmet
Oh. My. God. And my mancrush on Casey Pugh worsens:
http: //www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/12/03/how-to-make-a-daft-punk-helmet/
- Langer
Dec 6th
Adam: Bejeweled Creator Spills Secrets of... →
Dec 5th
damon: Gears Of War Gets Political [Gears Of War] →
Luke Plunkett:
Dec 5th
langer: A Fiber in Every Pot →
Josh Marshall: What about massive infrastructure stimulus aimed at telecommunications infrastructure? Yochai Benkler lays out the possibilities.
Dec 5th
hubball: Ridemakerz Builds a Virtual World For...
The founder and CEO of Ridemakerz >, a rapidly growing chain of stores where boys can custom-build their own toy cars, is building a virtual world for his 6-to-12-year-old customers and their cars. This virtual world is in closed beta > right now, and will launch early next year. So will Pixar’s World of Cars>and startup Webcarzz >...
Dec 4th
“It’s that we are making it this special event, just like a party, but even...”
– Planet Cazmo Announces Concert Series with Sony & Interscope (Virtual Worlds News)
Dec 4th
josh: social games need compelling endgames →
Dec 2nd
josh: 10 best gifting games on facebook →
Dec 2nd
Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web -... →
Dec 1st