Adnan Agha

Cheat Sheet 3/26: Fez coming soon, Yoshinori Ono is sick, and GAME goes down.

Alright, the Mondays seem to have started wearing off so let’s catch up on the weekend’s news: – Fez, the indie puzzle platformer that has been critically lauded near constantly since it was announced, has finally been officially certified through Microsoft and will soon be making its way on to Xbox

PAUSE: Half-Life meets Uncharted in short film Ruin

While we’re all waiting for the Half-Life movie, Ruin, may give us a taste of what’s in store. The short, directed by Wes Ball, has the same quiet dystopian feel with the added cinematic bravado of the Uncharted franchise.

Goverment and gaming are what we do together that we can’t do alone.

In a talk at TED.com, Jennifer Pahlka discussed the ways that government is thought of, the challenges these conceptions create, and the way that it needs to change. Palka begins by recounting her project which puts coders and designers out of the comfort zone, working to help benefit the government