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Retro-Modern Videogame Remix II

Retro-Modern Videogame Remix II
We have already seen what people think some modern videogames might be like if produced on the original Gameboy but lets take yet another step further back in time to see what they would be like on the Atari 2600. There is some pretty good box art here even though they’ve taken some artistic license with the actual technical abilities of the Atari 2600 console. It’s a charming trend and maybe one which...
Posted by on Sep 9th, 2008 | 1 comment

Tactical Landscaping and Terrain Deformation

Tactical Landscaping and Terrain Deformation
Our friends over at BLDGBLOG are talking about architecture and landscape design with respect to video games. How could we resist relaying a discussion like that? They touch briefly on a few topics including deformable and destructible environments though one could easily write a couple books on this subject. It’s worth a look as a catalyst – to get you started in the discussion. Indeed there ought to...
Posted by on Sep 8th, 2008 | 0 comments

Hewlet Packard’s Heavenly Packaging

Odd’s are you have no idea what the Pavilion dv6929 is. It’s an EPEAT silver-rated laptop that sells for under $800 but whats the big deal? Well it won Wal-Mart’s Home Entertainment Design Challenge. Wal-Mart set the challenge and HP stepped up to the plate to reduce packaging by 97% for an item now needing a quarter fewer trucks to deliver. the laptop and everything it comes with comes inside a...
Posted by on Sep 5th, 2008 | 1 comment

The Nerve

CBC Radio is soon going to be airing a new documentary miniseries called The Nerve by the same people who brought you the wonderful series The Wire: the Impact of Electricity on Music. The six part series explores the power music can have over us. It debuts this Saturday on CBC Radio so be sure to check it out. It seems like there is no (legitimate) way to hear this stuff off the radio so you’ll have to tune...
Posted by on Aug 27th, 2008 | 0 comments

Retro-Modern Videogame Remix

Retro-Modern Videogame Remix
On Pixelation they’re having a bit of fun producing images which take contemporary video games and imagine what they would have been like if produced for the original gameboy – you know, that old monochrome brick we all knew and loved. They’ve got some nice results going on and this idea really has legs. (Pictured: CroM’s take on...
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