I had a little difficulty snapping a screenshot without pixelized zombie abstractions sucking the filling out of my intestines, but no matter: this Java tribute to Valve’s Left 4 Dead executed in less than 4Kb of code is unbelievably awesome. … Continue reading →

These aren’t the first joysticks nailed to a wall as coathooks, and they won’t be the last, but it’s an apt reminder of exactly the sort of home improvement you can do with some old dusty three buttons. Hanging Joysticks … Continue reading →

Last week, Steam began charging Europeans local currency in pounds and Euros, where they had traditionally paid in dollars translated to pounds or Euros. This drove livid a lot of Europeans. Paying in local currency is appreciated, if only to … Continue reading →

Times Squares’ Toys ‘R’ Us has opened this whimsical yet sophisticated Nintendo Department, with bronze-framed flat panels playing game demos like works of art, and dangling crimson candelabras straight out of an old 8-bit game. It’s fantastic: Nintendo goes Apple … Continue reading →

This papercraft Alice Liddell, gothified after the American McGee mould, doesn’t actually seem too out of place: you can easily imagine a third Alice book written by Carroll, in which his bright-eyed heroine falls through the pages of an art … Continue reading →

According to one crackerjack source — a random yahoo on an Internet message board — recruiters may very well be discriminating against MMO players: I met with a recruiter recently (online media industry) and in conversation I happened to mention … Continue reading →

December 12th, 2008. Offworld publishes post entitled “Sony isn’t even thinking about the PSP 2.” December 17th, 2008: unnamed publishers say, “Yes, they jolly well are.” Sony plans to refresh the PlayStation Portable product line with a PSP-4000 model in … Continue reading →