June 2009
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So, someecards started doing video cards, and so far they are all staring Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter, to promote their new show on Comedy Central. The Independence Day one is pretty good.
Jun 30th
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Obsolescence test: Rolando leaving the App Store... →
Ngmoco is removing Rolando from the AppStore after they launch the sequel. BB speculates this is for marketing reasons, sort of the way Disney pulls their classic animated films on and off of the home video market. We are talking about digital downloads though, so there isn’t really a secondhand market. You can’t get Rolando on ebay or from gamestop once it’s off the market. It...
Jun 29th
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Make them give us tea » Some... →
Interesting stuff going on over here. RPS writes a negative review of Crane Wars, and pretty much everyone from Flashbang politely defends their game in the comments. I’ve played Crane Wars a few times, and admittedly didn’t find the controls intuitive, so I can relate to the review. Does this mean the game was poorly designed, or I just didn’t “get it”?
Jun 29th
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Ponyo trailer →
Ooh! The trailer for Disney’s english dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film Ponyo. “In theaters August 14.” (via kottke)
Jun 23rd
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TV 3.0 - Nintento’s ‘Wii-no-Ma’ and new ways of... →
Article on Nintendo’s video on demand service for Wii in Japan. Particularly interesting to me is that the service will intially only offer original programming designed for groups to “watch together and communicate with each other” as opposed to individual viewing, and that the advertising will be opt-in: “No advertisement is shown on the screen unless the user actively...
Jun 23rd
Jun 17th
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Jun 17th
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“I see video games not as addicting time-wasters, but instead as powerful tools...”
– TRUST: Tool Signs Video Game Visionary Jason Rohrer Wow, this is strange. Jason Rohrer who is known for his art games like Passage, his voluntarily simple lifestyle, and his devotion to open source and free distribution of his works, has signed with an advertising agency? If I had to guess,...
Jun 17th
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Jun 16th
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Jun 11th
“In 1999, more than one-quarter of America’s nearly 150,000 meatpacking...”
– The Chain Never Stops | Mother Jones (via givemesomethingtoread) Damn. Add this to the long list of good reasons not to eat meat: extremely dangerous and exploitative working conditions in slaughterhouses.
Jun 10th
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Tony Hawk Ride: you'll be wanting the skateboard -... →
Sounds like the skateboard peripheral works pretty well, and is fun. I suppose the real question is how much it will cost, though. Update: Oh, it’s $120. That’s kind of a lot. Hmm…
Jun 4th
Jun 3rd
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Jun 3rd
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Blueberry Garden on Steam →
Excellent news: 2009 IGF Grand Prize Winner Blueberry Garden will be released on Steam on June 8th! I didn’t expect it to come out so soon. It looks weird and interesting and I have no idea what to expect from it, and thus I’m totally excited about playing it.
Jun 3rd
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Jun 3rd
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Gamasutra - News - Nintendo Announces Wii Vitality... →
Probably one of the most interesting E3 announcements to me. I’ve heard of biofeedback sensors being used for software/games before, but this is Nintendo we’re talking about. I can’t wait to see what they do with it.
Jun 2nd