December 2008
41 posts
david: Pirate Baby's Energy Drink Commercial... →
Luke Plunkett:
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…
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…
nabeel: Quantcast Shows Which Services Rely Most... →
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nabeel: How Sonny Became 2008’s Big Flash Game Hit →
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the dramatic war triangle: conflict as a social... →
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/
adam: Mac vs PC →
josh: $500M in VC money in games this year →
jesse: musical shooter for iphone →
I’ll show you guys when I get back in case no one’s bought it yet.
adam: it's too bad the world embraced flash,... →
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…
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…
Meat girls with scent of Burger →
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…
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…
jesse: EQUESTRIANS ARE FINE ASS BALLIN’ UPSCALE... →
Evolution of Video Game Graphics
Pretty awesome collection:
http: //www.webdesignerdepot.com/2008/12/video-game-design-between-1990-2008/
- langer
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.
adam: Beautiful flash music site →
adam: merry xmas..in 8-bit →
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/
adam: I have no words for this →
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/
Smattering of games this guy made →
damon: The Rock Band Stage Kit In Action [Rock... →
Luke Plunkett:
Virgin America coming to Boston! →
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...
josh: wired.com article: the rise and fall of an... →
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...
nabeel: Avoid the Fearmongers →
brad@feld.com:
nabeel: Avoid the Fearmongers →
brad@feld.com:
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
Adam: Bejeweled Creator Spills Secrets of... →
damon: Gears Of War Gets Political [Gears Of War] →
Luke Plunkett:
langer: A Fiber in Every Pot →
Josh Marshall: What about massive infrastructure stimulus aimed at telecommunications infrastructure? Yochai Benkler lays out the possibilities.
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 >...
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)
josh: social games need compelling endgames →
josh: 10 best gifting games on facebook →
Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web -... →