Videogame developer Phil Compile and 4-year-old son Ollie made this absolutely wonderful Super Mario stop motion animation using refrigerator magnets.
That's so good! How long did that take??
— Garrett Cooper (@superdupergc) June 28, 2020
Absolutely wonderful stop motion Super Mario with refrigerator magnets
Choosing a fantasy console
We're posted a lot over the years about games made with Pico-8, the most successful "fantasy console"—a game development setup that places hard restrictions on what you can do, similar to the hardware limits of 8-bit game consoles. This results in satisfyingly consistent and accessible games, a thriving artistic culture built around the shared tools… READ THE REST
Pre-release bug montage of Cyberpunk 2077 not unusual in game business
The epic open-world adventure Cyberpunk 2077 was released late last year in rough shape, packed with bugs and incomplete features. On PC it was mostly fine after a few patches, but console gamers got shafted. This week a pre-release internal montage of bugs leaked, showing that CDProjekt Red knew how bad things were. But here's… READ THE REST
How the mystery man from a forgotten Alternate Reality Game was found 15 years later
Some times ago I posted about Perplex City, an all-but-forgotten treasure-hunt/puzzle game and the mysterious man in a photograph who still haunted the last obsessive players, stuck on the game long after its creators moved on. Will Coldwell narrates how it all came to a close: A mystery cube, a secret identity, and a puzzle… READ THE REST
The TREBLAB HD-Max is a booming Bluetooth speaker with powerful, satisfying volume
The biggest frustration most Bluetooth speaker owners face is when they realize their speaker is completely inadequate for serious booming. They may be perfectly fine for casual, indoor listening, but if you're taking the speaker outside or trying to boost your tunes over the dull roar of a party, you'll need extra horsepower on the… READ THE REST
Paintstorm Studio is a godsend for digital painters, and it's on sale for $15
Digital painting has truly become an art in itself. Even with artists like Andy Warhol creating digital art on a Commodore Amiga back in the mid-80s, digital painting has mostly been a kitschy bit of artistic fun, not stuff to be regarded as a true masterwork. But much has changed over the past decade. Technology… READ THE REST
Here's all the training you need to be a Google Workspace pro for just $30
While it never hurts when your company name becomes a verb, but there's a lot more to Google than a simple web search. Sure, Google's search engine is also the engine that powered the firm into its current position as one of the 10 most valuable companies in America, but the company has spent the… READ THE REST