Wonderland

Euh

Might get a game in next month at this rate :-)

Quake Live: open beta

Come on. Let's go.

Heh, I'm putting this on my work computer, which is a total piece of shit. It'll be like 1999 all over again!

Internet memes as embroidery

I'll forever associate Chuck Norris Facts with The Barrens in WoW...

KittyZilla's internet memes as embroidery.

(via)

Ancient Frog: apparently superb game for the iPhone

Ancient Frog was made single-handedly by my pal MOOSE2000, who, incidentally, played Quake for Demonic Core and was also the lead programmer for The Movies. Here's what Slide To Play say about Ancient Frog, Moose's one-man-band iPhone game:

We've really never seen or played anything quite like Ancient Frog before on any platform, not just the iPhone. It takes special artistic gifts to make something like this -- a game that is so playable, so beautiful, and so stunningly out of left field that even jaded critics like us can't help but rave about it. Don't let Ancient Frog's strange concept put you off: this is a living, breathing masterpiece of a puzzle game, and it easily rates among App Store royalty.

Holy moly, eh?

If only there was an Android version. Hint, hint.

Buy it here for a measly $4.99. Nice job, Moose!

Lifestreaming

Oh darwin's beard, lifestreaming?

In the first of several major product changes that will sweep through AOL in the coming months, the company is adding more lifestreaming capabilities to its Bebo social network today, including activity stream updates from rival social networks Facebook and MySpace.

Lifestreaming. I know it's happening already in fragments, and there was that odd Nokia-specific lifeblog thing that I ignored on my hated n95. But this gives me the complete fear, for some reason. It's so, so public.

It is also introducing a visual timeline called a “Lifestory” that puts uploaded photos, events, and (soon) videos into a scrollable, chronological series of postage stamp icons at the top of members’ profile pages.

(Although, it has to be said, not as much fear as this exploding office chair has. No-one in the office wants to sit down any more. I'm twitching as I write this.)

Digital Britain forgets games (and more, too)?

Today is a Political day.

First, this tweet:

Stephen Carter says we're world leading at content and lists them all. Apart from video games. Sigh.

(Dan is also liveblogging this morning's NESTA meet to discuss the interim report. Someone present does later mention games, but only in the context of protectionist measures like tax subsidies.)

Can it be true that Carter has forgotten the entire British games industry? Probably, if the industry's voices aren't joining in the discussion. Games industry, wake up! Say hello - and make your demands of the final report.

(Jemima says he's also forgotten our start-up culture.)

(...and the lessons from The DRM Wars (which are over).)

(...and software.)

Let's hope all of this feedback makes it into the final report: you can help, by having your say too. Feedback is due by March 12th.

NobyNobyBoy tees

For nobynobyboys only, no girl shapes, pah!

An odd world when the tee's more expensive than the game itself. Bet that doesn't happen often.

1UP's noby spotlight.

Inbox Zero

I don't deserve it (inbox 35, todealbox 9, wonderlandbox 9, mailing list boxen 400+) but I'm going to have it anyway, because it's PRETTY.

I had this similar idea a few years back and got a bunch of old Brownie badges from eBay aiming for the Computer Skills one (got). Unfortunately that batch didn't also have the Cup of Tea one too, because the pairing would have been awesome.

This, too, is begging for a modification...

Routesgame: Part Three of the mystery...

More shenanigans as lovely Rachel tries to figure out what happened to her uncle...
Related: Part One, and Part Two.

(Disclaimer: Routesgame is a Channel 4 education commission from Oil Productions.)

Watchmen arcade game

Littleloud, who made BAFTA-winning Bow Street Runner for us at work, put together - in 6 weeks! - this classic-arcade game Minutemen, as part of the Watchmen promotion vehicle.

It's beautifully made, and does nothing so much as remind me just how far games have come in two decades: what an embarrassment of riches we have at our fingertips these days.

(via pals, and Wired)