Big publishers have their eyes on Kickstarter, the crowdsourcing phenomenon, and want a piece of the action. Obsidian Entertainment’s CEO Feargus Urquhart, whose Project Eternity has been immensely successful, tells one such story on the project’s Kickstarter forum: We were actually contacted by som
Speaking of gamification, which can help motivate people to do boring things, it’s a useful way to learn a language. Learning Japanese kanji, especially, requires a lot of memorization. Koichi and Viet, who are associated with the Japanese culture blog Tofugu, are developing a kanji-learning website
Gamification can help motivate us to do boring things, whether it’s working out or engaging in social media. Over at Bit Creature, Lana Polansky explains how gamification is great for motivating us, but can detach us from emotions and feelings that make life interesting. We simply can’t have experie
Anna the Red makes ridiculously detailed bento boxes. She’s done bentos of Calvin and Hobbes, Totoro, and now, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP. The making-of video shows all the tweezing and exacto-knifing that went into this meal.
Roller Coaster Tycoon is a fun simulation about building and managing theme parks, but if you carry its gameplay into real life, as in this fan video, it gets a little disturbing.
