Apple has finally released their new iTunes app store and everyone is racing to release the hot new game for the iPhone. Although I’ve been eagerly watching the results, I have yet to purchase any of these new games. As a matter of fact, I haven’t even upgraded to the 2.0 software yet. As far [...]
Upon a cursory glance, building games for the iPhone would be a designers dream. The screen is huge (for a phone), the device is powerful, and then there’s those awesome touchscreen and accelerometer interfaces you get to work with. It doesn’t take long to realize that the novelty of the iPhones interface wears of quickly [...]
When you think about it, beads are the “sprites” of the craft world, so it’s really no surprise that the two should come together. Dr. Octoroc uses Perler plastic beads to breathe new life into classic video game sprites. His newest piece, Gutsdozer, was made using 16,000 beads. By layering the beads, Dr. Octoroc was [...]
If you were trying to sum up the history of video games, what would you put on the list? Here is a cool new video that sums up the “history of video games” in 5 minutes. Though I’m sure that no such list could satisfy everyone’s tastes, I’d say the video did a pretty good [...]
Tonight a few friends and I got together at Mission Creek Cafe for our semi-weekly Game Theory night. GT is when where we get together to think/talk/review/create/and play games of all types. Tonight’s most interesting topic was a card game called Light Speed by CheapAss Games, that emulates real time strategy space games (like StarCraft). [...]
Here is a found California Canadian lottery ticket called Moustache Match. Apparently the goal is to get 3 similar mustaches in a row. As a kid, my pa used to tell me that the lottery was a “stupid people tax”. If that’s true, I imagine Moustache Match is very popular among lottery players.
Bobby Fischer, the legendary chess grand master, passed away yesterday.
Fischer’s place in chess history may remain highly debated, but he will always be my favorite player. His games were always entertaining and often unpredictable. As a teenager, I used collect books of his games and “play through” them on my own board, trying to figure [...]
