Jason Rohrer is ready to take on the Nintendo DS with his new game Diamond Trust of London. A Kickstarter page is devoted to the project and will help out manufacturing costs. The game involves outfoxing and bribery, Diamond Trust is a two-player, turn-based, simultaneous-decision strategy game abou
Could you live without the word ‘moist’? What if ‘leap’ replaced ‘jump’? Words shape our surroundings and perceptions. The New Yorker’s new social game, know as “Questioningly,” is focused on our relationship to words. Here’s how Ben Greenman explains it, We’ll pose a question, and then ask you to a
Gamasutra is great coverage of Tyler Deangelo’s Fifth Ave. Frogger. From Mike Rose, Inspired by an episode of Seinfield, in which George Costanza is trying to keep...
In Carol Vogel’s NY Times article it was noted that Christian Marclay’s “The Clock” would be returning to New York. The post covers several exhibitions but here is the run down on “The Clock”: The work, a 24-hour montage of clips from movies and television that depict particular minutes in the day,
Ben Davis’ coverage of Rhizome’s “Seven on Seven” for Artinfo speaks to the connectivity of technology, how it will be remembered, and how we can rekindle our humanity in an era of over-saturated digital influence. When even the technologists start thinking that technology might be a little too over
Dan Hurley’s “Can You Make Yourself Smarter” in the NY Times delves into the use of games for increased cognitive benefits, Psychologists have long regarded intelligence as coming in two flavors: crystallized intelligence, the treasure trove of stored-up information and how-to knowledge (the sort of
In South Korea the testing of robot prison guards is underway. Torie Bosch of Slate reports, In November, officials estimated that the month-long test, involving three 5-foot robots, would cost 1 billion South Korean won, or about $900,000. That doesn’t include the cost of developing the machines. B