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The eyeballing game

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:01:33 GMT

How well can you line things up?

Link: http://woodgears.ca/eyeball/index.html

Modern Classics

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:30:57 GMT

Modern video games done up as 2600 gems.

Link: http://the-minusworld.com/2008/09/16/atari-modern-classics/

The ever-dwindling list of still active players who appeared in RBI Baseball or Tecmo Super Bowl

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:41:17 GMT

Just one left.

Link: http://www.markbottrell.com/?p=58

Trent Reznor is doing some very cool things with immersive games

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:48:22 GMT

Link: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_args#

Ars Technica on the state of gaming in 2007

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:19:19 GMT

Rockband declared the greatest game of the year.

Link: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/2007-games-review.ars

Crayon Physics Deluxe

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:58:29 GMT

Another fresh take on game interactivity.

Link: http://www.kloonigames.com/crayon/

The 10 Most Important Games Ever

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:30:42 GMT

Of the “video” variety.

Link: http://www.trustedreviews.com/gaming/review/2007/11/28/The-10-Most-Important-Games-Ever/p1

The bottom-up and top-down approaches to game design

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:35:19 GMT

Link: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2129/game_design_cognition_the_.php

Halo 3 Global Heatmaps

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:08:32 GMT

Where were all the frags happening? Bungie has maps.

Link: http://www.bungie.net/online/HeatMaps.aspx?map=300&wep=0&kd=0

The Atari 2600 is thirty years old

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:17:07 GMT

My first console. Sniff.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/01/happy-30th-birthday-atari-2600/

Who's playing Halo 3 right now?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:07:57 GMT

Looks like Europe and the US.

Link: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Nightmap.ashx

When gamers have babies

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:24:54 GMT

Level 1 human.

Link: http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/when-gamers-have-babies-level-1-human

How game mechanics can make your app more fun

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:31:00 GMT

Using the psychology of gaming to improve your customers’ investments in your site.

Link: http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/2006/03/how_game_mechanics_can_make_yo.html

Have you played Atari today?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:36:45 GMT

Vintage advertising.

Cruel 2 B Kind

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:18 GMT

A rather complicated game for large roaming groups

Link: http://cruelgame.com/games/

The Price is Right is an excercise in clarity

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:23 GMT

Simple games, explained in few words, lasts for decades

Link: http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/the_price_is_right_is_an_excercise_in_clarity.php

New DS design

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:26 GMT

Smaller DSs are coming — I thought mine was small enough

Link: http://www.revolutionreport.com/articles/read/279

The original Tetris commercial

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:15 GMT

Now you’re playing with power!

Link: http://www.gaming-age.com/specials/adspecial2/Commercials/Nes/tetris.mpg

The 2005 Good Gift Games

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:35 GMT

Maybe it’s time to get out of Trivial Pursuit mode and try one of these?

Link: http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/guides/the_2005_good_gift_games.php

Midnight kickoff for 'Madden NFL 2006'

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:12 GMT

Um, it’s not like it’s Star Wars or anything… now where’s my copy?

Link: http://news.com.com/2300-1043_3-5824537-1.html

A Gamers' Manifesto

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:12 GMT

What gamers want from nextgen games

Link: http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/manifesto.html