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Tag Archives: games
Unicorn Chaser: Really cute Crayon Physics level
I’ve been playing crayon physics deluxe recently. Awesome game. Go buy it. Here’s a hugely cute solution to one of the early levels. Crayon Physics – That Darn Pole, featuring Wall-E from Jimmy Gunawan on Vimeo. See? (Andy says to … Continue reading
TV, video games, art, artistry, craft and the answers to all your questions.
I have come down from the mountain with wisdom for you, my children. I am going to define “art,” and then discuss how TV almost never is, video gaming isn’t yet (possibly never may be), and why you don’t need … Continue reading
“Entertainment Shopping:” Grand Theft Lotto
[Alternate sub-titles for this post were: "Social Betworking," "Stoopidity 2.0," "The Venality of Crowds," and "Nothing for Money and Your Clicks for Fee."] In line at the cafeteria this last Wednesday, I heard a couple guys I don’t know talking … Continue reading
There’s no gold in them thar hills
I recently blogged about the value of virtual stuff in virtual worlds and games, and (tangentially) on gold farming (also called RMT, the Real Money Trade). Again, for the uninitiated, gold farming involves playing a game to earn in-game wealth … Continue reading
Gamerspace is somewhere between the size of Granada and Croatia
By way of Terra Nova, I found the Development Informatics (DI) working paper, “Current Analysis and Future Research Agenda on ‘Gold Farming’: Real-World Production in Developing Countries for the Virtual Economies of Online Games.” Quick definition for y’all non-grognards: gold … Continue reading
Mad Stupid
So I downloaded the free trial of “Spore: Creature Creator.” I’ve been drooling in anticipation of the full game of “Spore” now for… I don’t know, Will… how long? 3 years? 5? Something like that. Anyway… played this little mini-preview … Continue reading
Dr. Bartle goes off (with my slight addition)
I love Richard Bartle. Not in the way that a man loves a woman, or another, less-hairy man. Or a really, really good steak. But he’s very well spoken, writes very well, is a major figure in the gaming universe, … Continue reading
Wiirmwood
Revelations 8:11 (KJV) — And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. I’m not a scholar of Revelations. … Continue reading