“Title screens make difficulty look awfully simple; easy, normal, and hard should live up to their names, shouldn’t they? But when you start thinking about the details of how a game is going to be easier or harder, it gets much more complicated.” At Gameranx, Andrew Vanden Bossche […]
Jim’s Red Book chronicles the relationship between Jim Henson and Douglas Adams, including a proposed television special about computers, “The Muppet Institute of Technology.” There’s more about their collaboration in film and videogames as well as some design art. (via io9)
“I’m a woman, I’m a consumer and I actually like my first time playing a genre games to include a character option that can destroy my opponents rather than something adorable. I also like to be marketed to. Can this happen? I’m hoping so and I’m looking forward […]
A trailer for the documentary on text adventure games and their designers, Get Lamp.
Imprint Magazine puts Jack Kirby’s collage in an art history context.
This infographic of logical fallacies could help you argue better on the internet, or provide more occasions to correct others with the phrase, “Actually, your argument is based on a logical fallacy.”
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The Cultural Gutter 