Jamin Warren founded Killscreen. He produced the first VR arts festival with the New Museum, programmed the first Tribeca Games Festival, the first arcade at the Museum of Modern Art, won a Telly, and hosted Game/Show for PBS.
How do virtual dogs fit into the larger world of computer-canine interaction? Matt Novak over at Smithsonian has been doing a deep exegesis of The Jetsons because why not. On the introduction of Astro, the robot dog, Novak makes a salient point on why we need robotic pets in the future: In an effort
Christoffer Hedborg is a gameplay programmer for Might and Delight, developers of the charming forthcoming Pid. But apparently he has free time to do explorations of his own. Hedborg has given few details about the nature of his side project Eleven. What we can divine, however, is that it’s very geo
It’s fall. That means you’ve nestled up on your sofa, arranged the magazines on your coffee table in a visually-acceptable arrangement, and will now spend the next dozen consecutive weekends glued to your television. You will be watching sports, playing video games, or hopefully doing things that in
German electronic producer Boyz Noise’s new video transmogrifies your everyday keyboard into a living breathing, um, person. The spot was co-directed by Patrick Jean, who you might remember, directed the phenomenal short Pixels that had old-school videogame characters invading New York City. – – –
If you loved Wing Commander as a kid, you’re in for a treat. The franchise’s creator Chris Roberts teased his new project Space Citizen, a space sim that will apparently reinvigorate the genre and restore its place alongside democracy as mankind’s greatest achievement. He is, of course, crowd-fundi
A bit of late note, but at Maker Faire earlier this month, I caught a glimpse of one of the more ridiculous contraptions at the fest (and this is a place that had an alley dedicated to steampunk.) The winner of the 72-hour hackathon Red Bull Creation, Thumby Wars is the brainchild of the Maker Twins
The finefolks at Kornhaber Brown asked me to come into the studio to talk about indie games for their PBS Offbook series. What they created is one the finest primers on the potential of indie games staring Zach Gage, Leigh Alexander, Eddie Boxerman & Andy Nealen, and Darren Korb. Fun stuff!