Best N64 mod, ever: wireless controllers. See video. (via /r/gaming) Best N64 mod, ever: wireless controllers. See video. (via /r/gaming)

Best N64 mod, ever: wireless controllers. See video.

(via /r/gaming)

May. 8 2013
#nintendo #n64 #video games #gaming
“Can you imagine a game about a guy on a spiritual quest in a boat with a tiger? … The breadth of content game developers are allowed to explore is stultifyingly narrow … Even what passes for seriousness in mainstream gaming seems to require zombies, serial killers, aliens or demons to attract an audience.”
— Warren Spector, “Where Are Gaming’s Role Models?”, gamesindustry.biz
May. 7 2013
#warren spector #gaming #video games #game design #game criticism
Proof that we need to be more empathetic when we play games.

Proof that we need to be more empathetic when we play games.

May. 6 2013
Via elcomics
#space invaders #gaming #video games #atari #arcade #webcomic
See other videos from the Different Games conference

See other videos from the Different Games conference here.

May. 1 2013
#Different Games #NYU #game studies #game criticism #game design #diversity #LGBT #Mary Flanagan #Tiltfactor

PBS Idea Channel talks to MinecraftEdu’s Joel Levin, a.k.a. “The Minecraft Teacher,” about punching blocks in the classroom.

Apr. 30 2013
#PBS #Minecraft #MinecraftEdu #Joel Levin #Minecraft Teacher #GBL #game-based learning
tubbypaws: i saw a minecraft arcade machine but it was only a dream… Kickstarter. Now.

tubbypaws:

i saw a minecraft arcade machine but it was only a dream…

Kickstarter. Now.

(via gamefreaksnz)

Apr. 29 2013
Via tubbypaws
#Minecraft #arcade #gaming #video games
gjmueller: Interactive Infographic: Why Are Students Not Finishing School and at What Cost? When students don’t continue or complete high school or college, factors like social, family, and proficiency issues can be the cause. Find out why students might be struggling academically and the cost of not completing 16 years of education.

gjmueller:

Interactive Infographic: Why Are Students Not Finishing School and at What Cost?

When students don’t continue or complete high school or college, factors like social, family, and proficiency issues can be the cause. Find out why students might be struggling academically and the cost of not completing 16 years of education.

Apr. 24 2013
Via gjmueller
#Education #infographic #high school #college #testing
Turns out the cake is not a lie. This Aperture Laboratories cake mix, currently only available on Amazon UK, has been “confirmed” by Valve sources to be the first officially “licensed Portal cake mix…created by Valve merchandise licensee Gaya Entertainment based over in Germany.” Still unclear whether it’s actually real cake mix. Or actually official. (via NBC InGame)

Turns out the cake is not a lie.

This Aperture Laboratories cake mix, currently only available on Amazon UK, has been “confirmed” by Valve sources to be the first officially “licensed Portal cake mix…created by Valve merchandise licensee Gaya Entertainment based over in Germany.”

Still unclear whether it’s actually real cake mix. Or actually official.

(via NBC InGame)

Apr. 24 2013
#Aperture Science #Portal #Valve #The cake is a lie #gaming #Amazon