In 1864, a family embarks on an impossible journey into the untamed American West. Based on the classic educational computer game, The Oregon Trail by MECC.
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BBC published an interview with a video game developer named Lazlow, who offered these interesting comments:
Our games are not designed for young people. If you’re a parent and buy one of our games for your child you’re a terrible parent. We design games for adults because we’re adults. There’s a lot of kids games out there that we’re not interested in playing. Just like you enjoy watching movies and TV shows with adult themes and language and violence that’s the kind of thing we seek to produce.
Later he continues:
If you tell a gritty crime drama with violence and profanity and call it The Sopranos you’re handed a load of awards to put up on the shelf. You do the same and call it a video game and you’ll have certain organizations up in arms.
Makes sense to me. What do you think?
There are two parts to Martin Skelly’s Playlist Player: the player, and the record box containing five different colored covers. Once the playlists are chosen and synced to the player with a memory stick, the user customizes the outside of the sleeve with artwork of their choice. It could be photos of a memorable night or person or typed and hand drawn tracklists. Once the record is placed on the player, the music begins and the outer ring of lights illuminates. As the playlists plays rings of light visible through the translucent record move towards the centre of the disc, like a needle tracking on a record. These lights represent time and not the number of tracks, meaning your music must be enjoyed from start to finish with no distractions like the temptation to skip tracks, fast forward or rewind.
The design comments on digital music and the instant and all-too-often unfulfilling ways that we interact with it. “It’s easy to add lots of music onto iTunes, but hard to navigate it effectively and set aside the time to respect and love your music,” Skelly says. “Digital music can be rushed and tracks skipped far too easily.”
Many gamers have fond memories of the original Super Mario Brothers game. In fact, I bet a good number of you even remember each stage vividly and where the secret boxes are. A clever programmer by the name of Jay Pavlina has created a tribute called Super Mario Crossover. In this version, you can choose to play not only as Mario, but also as characters from other games such as Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda and Contra.
The best part is that these are not just skins which replace the original Mario character, as they move, jump and shoot just like they do in their own games. So, for example, Link from The Legend of Zelda has a sword and can even throw a boomerang–let’s see Mario try that! It’s an amazing tribute to the NES era–try it out for yourself at Newgrounds.
Super Mario Crossover is an awesome 8-bit mashup [Crave - Asia]
The Tunebug Shake is an ultra-portable sound generator that can be connected to iPods, MP3 players or mobile phones or used wirelessly using Bluetooth®. When mounted on a bike, skate or snowboard helmet, the Shake creates a surround sound experience.
Tunebug’s patented SurfaceSound Technology lets sound waves pass through the surfaces it rests on turning many surfaces into a flat panel speaker.
For everyone who’s ever thought “I wonder what Star Wars planet is most like the current weather,” Star Wars Weather by Tom Scott is here.
Enter your city, and get your current weather conditions explained by comparison to a planet in the Star Wars universe.
Could it be simpler? Or more awesome?
No. No it can’t.
This speaks for itself.
