Category: Entertainment

I wanted this to be a lot cooler than it actually is. It’s a toolkit for making Scott Adams-style adventure games, the fancy kind with pictures rather than the text-only Infocom ones. Six years ago we were thinking we’d have Second Life in a browser tab any day now…

Exclusive: Linden Lab’s ‘dio’ to Let You Gamify Your Media for Fun and (Eventually) Profit – Forbes

Do you think Instagram would be more fun if it were an experience rather than a site? Do you think advertising could benefit from more interactivity? Do you like playing games? Do you want to make money the new-fashioned way? Linden Lab says they have what you’re looking for.

Great read, and a gold star for mentioning Dani Bunten.

Message in a Binary Bottle | cabel.me

It’s 20 or 30 years ago. You’re working on a videogame. You don’t get any credit for your work, blogs don’t exist, there’s no internet and no fanboys. It’s just you, a crusty old terminal, and got a few spare bytes left in the ROM. What now?

> Type Secret Message

OK. You’ve hidden a secret message in the ROM, to be uncovered many, many years later, and posted on the incredible website, The Cutting Room Floor.