Wonderland

Score!

Just to prove it can be done...

Muahaha! And not only that, I achieved it by breeding with Roo Reynolds. Sorry Roo :-)

Crochet voidwalker

Awww, a crocheted Void Walker: wonky and adorable!

(Via geekcrafts)

Softwear

Microsoft have (finally?!) started making hipster wear, partnering with Urban Outfitters and such, to make tees like this, "The Reminisce: 1985 Word is Born" (ooof):

It could be a LOT worse. I actually like it.

Pac Man Dungeons

I seem to be playing Pac Man the text adventure, aka Pac Man Dungeons..

How long to make, I ask myself. The little dungeon map is super cute.

(via waxy)

Play Plain Sight

At least, that's on my note to self for this evening, except I've had a power cut, and I'm blogging this from a neighbour's open wifi with limited battery left, so there's no point me starting a download. I've been following the tale of Plain Sight for a while now, and the news is spreading that this looks to be a seriously fun indie game. I haven't played it yet to tell you, but Brandon has, and he clearly likes it a lot. As does half the internet, as apparently they all turned up and crashed the servers on beta launch.

Hang in there, chaps :o)

Cupcakes of Catan

Title says it all.

The genius of some people knows no bounds. Although eating all your game's resources is probably not the best idea of a win strategy.

(Thanks Harry! You were right...)

Routes

Our next project is live!

 

Who's "our"?
Channel 4 education, in association with the Wellcome Trust, and conceived of and delivered by Oil Productions. Getting stuff to teens that's useful to them: in this case, we're going after the genome, DNA testing and other hot-button topics of the near future.

We really wanted to make a game that had real science in it: the Wellcome Trust provided us with scientists as well as access to the Sanger Institute, no less. This being Darwin's bicentennial year too, genetics seemed to be the right thing to explore.

As for the game: it's... evolved. It's got video, casual games, television, puzzles, and competitions. And a widget, too. Runs for around 8 weeks, ends sometime in March. Explore!

The press release is here.

R2D2 knitted bloomers

O gosh. The kid wants a pair, I know it. Or maybe I just do.

If only I could knit! It's on the new year resolutions list. Meanwhile, who knew there was a Star Wars Crafts flickrpool? Unlimited awesomesauce. Including these gonk and mouse droid cat toys, for starters.

Hair straightener ads on Curse Gaming

I'm still reinstalling stuff after the Big Wipe, and I was over at Curse picking up addons, and they showed me this.

GHD straighteners are expensive, "ceramic" (wtf?) straighteners *usually* aimed very much at the kind of lady who likes to fuss over her hair a LOT. Then again, they're also apparently quite useful in creating manga hair. Or belf hair, I suppose.

It was one of those moments, you know - zeitgeisty. Hardcore gaming sites advertising girlie hair straighteners. Who'da thought.

Where The Hell Is Matt? in games

Remember Where The Hell Is Matt? BoingBoing has dug up a fantastic videogame version, and while it's missing Matt's very particular dance skills, it's even funnier overall (imhoetc) - the L4D and Assassin's Creed made me howl.

Moar! Moar!