Already hyped as “the new Star Wars kid” and “the next Tron Guy” by peeps in the know, Halo Kid mania is on the rise.
Using only cardboard and packing tape, the Halo Kid achieves an astonishing level of detail in his work. To date, he has crafted all of the weapons in Halo 3 and […]
Archive for the ‘gaming’ Category
Halo Kid slides backwards down the uncanny valley
July 17th, 2008 cms, dance, fanart, fandom, gambit, gaming, halo, literacy, masterchief, meme, mit, movement, teenagers, video | 2 Comments »Throwback videogames, digital distro, and atavistic joy
June 27th, 2008 8bit, digital, distribution, flash, gambit, gaming, industry, innovation, megaman, retro, throwback | 4 Comments »The relentless march of technological progress burdens game developers by forcing teams to repeatedly spend time and energy learning the idiosyncrasies of the latest gear rather than sharpen their skills on a single toolset. As a result, few gaming platforms are explored to the depth that other creative technologies have enjoyed. Compare the number of […]
Machinima war fiction
June 25th, 2008 fiction, gaming, machinima, storytelling, teenagers, warcraft | No Comments »Three-part story by luisdarkangel, a teenaged machinima creator on YouTube:
I. A tale of Warcraft:
II. The war -Spill chapter:
III. The war - Forgotten soul:
Dinos can’t survive on bones alone
May 16th, 2008 art, avatar, copresence, dino, dinorun, empathy, flash, gaming, identity, pixel, self | 2 Comments »Dino Run is the best game of 2008. The premise is simple: a meteor hits the Earth, sets off a doom wave, and all the animals start running. A light homage to Pitfall, Dino combines the the exhilirating platform sprinter vibe of Sonic with the expressive vector graphics of Another World, the addictive multiplayer of […]
Make smaller games
February 20th, 2008 development, future, gaming, gdc, independent, indie, literature, passage, portal | No Comments »When I was a kid working with limited funds, I often stood before a row of arcade cabinets deciding how to spend the quarter in my palm. The decision I made was based largely on the balance of two factors: interestingness and duration. With just a single quarter to spend, selecting a game I knew […]
Get closer to the action in this brilliant new rhythm/FPS. You’ve played violent games before but this time- you ARE the gun. The tension builds as you wait to be picked up. Finally, a space marine rounds the corner and grabs you on her way to killing the big boss. You wildly tap the space […]
Reflections on Super Metroid (spoilers)
January 6th, 2008 exploration, gaming, metroid, nes, snes, todomundo | 6 Comments »Metroid (1986) is my favorite game of all time. I did not own NES until I bought a refurbished console in 1997 so my early experience of this game was limited to sleepovers at my friends’ houses and the pages of a borrowed Nintendo Player’s Guide.
During my sophmore year at Assumption, I finally played […]
Triple post: my shoulder, juke news, and a game you have to try
December 7th, 2007 chic, chicago, dance, diy, dj, fashion, gaming, gantman, injury, juke, lonewolf, passage, todomundo | No Comments »My apologies to everyone who made it out to Todo Mundo last night. I am sure that Andrew and Ben did not disappoint and everyone raised a glass for Pimp C. Did you read MattSoReal’s interview with Bun B yet?
Searching around in Dan’s car for an ice scraper, the trunk closed on me and dislocated […]
