So, this is pretty awesome. Somebody went and created a Frogger game using real-time data from 5th Avenue in New York City. A webcam tracks the movements of the cars, and a program maps those movements into virtual cars in the game. That. Is. CRAZY. And absolutely fantastic. I would love to play something like […]
The re-colonization of like-minded gamers
Yeah, I know, blogging moratorium, interrupting my writing flow, yadda yadda — but this is important. I fled the Evil Avatar community a long time ago. Quietly, and under my own terms. There were a few reasons for this, not the least of which was the venom and disgust with which some members regarded any […]
Dungeons & Dragons Tiny Adventures Facebook app
Evidently the fine people at Wizards of the Coast (WotC) saw fit to create a Dungeons & Dragons Facebook application called D&D Tiny Adventures (not to be confused with Tiny TOON Adventures). In this app, you can select from a significantly narrow list of adventurers and begin your own solo campaign, where all of the […]
Fun online tools: blippr mini-reviews
So, I’ve been hooked on blippr lately. What is it? It’s a simple site where you can leave and peruse reviews for movies, video games, and books. The catch is that in Twitter fashion, your reviews can only be a maximum of 160-characters. I love this service for one very obvious reason. When I ask […]
Word from a rehabilitated former WYSIWYG hater
I just now, today, about a half-hour or so ago, discovered Nvu. All I really wanted was a WYSIWYG editor that could help cut the amount of time I spend updating my HTML-based Wii game tracker “database”. Right now, when I have an update to a game on one of my pages, I have to: […]