http://armorgames.com/play/4079/rabbit-wants-cake
Awesome Game. Robot Rabbit needs that cake. Program him to get it.
Life can be rough when you live every day like it's a video game.
It's was sorta like the way Michael stole Farrah's thunder.
WINNER!!!! Mehrshad Mansouri has officially won the commenting hat trick contest!! Mostly because his was the only hat trick that was ALSO a poem and therefore it was the winning entry AND the prize itself. Your cleverness is your own prize, 'Shadie. Enjoy it.
Congrats to BuzzFeed user Julie S who completed a rare “comment hat trick” yesterday in protest to the baby fashion post (see screen shot below). A comment hat trick requires posting three unique comments in a row without any other comments or reactions between them. It is very hard. In fact, I bet you can't do it! Give it a try on this post! I will write a heartfelt poem in honor of the winner! [UPDATE: It has to be a real comment!!! You can't just write random stuff to try and win the poem.]
Tech Buzz One of those projects that straddles the boundary between art and game, How to Raise a Dragon is the latest charming offering from Gregory Weir. You can get through it pretty quickly, but it's really all about the choices you make. What kind of a dragon to you want to raise?
Tech Buzz A puzzle game and a platformer all in one. Each time you step on a block, it disappears. But the only way to get to the next room is to get rid of all the blocks. The whole thing is kind of Sisyphean and depressing. Protip: Turn down the sound or puncture your ear drums with something sharp rather than listening to the in-game music.
This video sums up the reason for having kids, which is: to dress them up in costumes and teach them to say things they don't understand. I don't even play video games, and I'm on board with this one.
Classic '80s arcade games recreated using LEGO and stop-motion animation. The little LEGO frogger and pac-mans are just too cute.
Tech Buzz New York Times journalist David Rohde was kidnapped by the Taliban 7 months ago, but the story's only just seeing the light of day, following Rohde's daring escape from his captors. Keeping the story quiet was the result of a collaborative cover-up between The New York Times and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to make Rohde seem unimportant to his Taliban kidnappers. Meanwhile, Wikipedia's community is pissed. Free Speech debate!
Tech Buzz Torrent-sharing pioneers and Internet cause celebre The Pirate Bay have officially been acquired by a Swedish software company called Global Gaming Factory for $7.8 million. Not a hell of a lot of money to pay for one of the world's top 100 sites, but given its legal troubles, it's somewhat surprising that it was sold at all.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm
Kid trades his iPod for a Walkman for a week. It took him 3 days to figure out there was another side to the tape.
50's style PSA for the Zombocalypse Survival Kit by Rob Moffett. “Congratulations on not being devoured!!” More Wagglemax vids here.
http://www.members.shaw.ca/gf3/circle-the-cat.html
An old one, but a fun - if slightly infuriating - game for a Sunday afternoon. The goal in Circle the Cat is to completely surround the cat with green dots. Enjoy.
Tech Buzz A great game where you control the trenches of either the British or German forces in WWI. Send in waves of different troops (upgrade!) to conquer the enemy's territory. Little shooting, lots of strategy.
The opening cintematic for the new Beatles Rock Band coming out September 9, 2009. Produced by Harmonix and Passion Pictures. This animation is amazing and seamlessly goes from 2D to 3D.
Tech Buzz A Challenger Appears! With Scott wussing out this week, I thought I'd try to take on Jack's game with Upgrade Complete. In Upgrade Complete, the one objective is to just upgrade everything, not just in game, but everything out of game too. Good Luck.
Tech Buzz A Rube Goldberg-esque physics puzzler for your delight and amusement today. Scott specifically told me that he's too afraid of my game-finding skillz to post something today, so make the most of this - unless someone else wants to step up to the plate …
http://awardshome.com/cannes2009/pringles/can-hands.html
Check out this banner ad created for Pringles (called “Can Hands”…seriously). Most banners you never want to click, but this one you can't stop clicking. This thing actually won a gold “Cyber” award for the agency that made it (Bridge Worldwide) at this week's Cannes Advertising Festival.