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PDPal

"PDPal is a public art project for the Palm, PDA and the web. It is a mapping application that transforms your everyday activities and urban experiences into a dynamic city that you write." Also look here for some more material on this project.

04-2008 [Go there]

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Tags: art, mobile, gamedesign

Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space

Unofficial sequel to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.

04-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: game

Lost Cities

A collection and pictures of Lost Cities.

04-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: gamedesign, leveldesign

Three Hundred Gamemechanics

A collection of experimental game-mechanics.

04-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: gamedesign, experimental,gameplay

Line Rider Transcendental

Very detailed Line Rider.

04-2008 [Go there]

Score: 5.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: game, experimental

Action 52 Games-Collection

A review of probably the most worse game-collection ever made. The video contains lots of explicit words, but if you think about this horribly collection of games that this is somehow a very funny thing. [via]

03-2008 [Go there]

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Tags: 8-bit, game, colors

Line Rider Skate Park

The whole line rider movement has really developed. There are also other things available, that has really good drawings styles.

03-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: game, experimental

Fret Nice

Fret Nice is a charming platformer designed for guitar controllers, giving the player the unique feeling of not only controlling the main character's every movement, but actually playing the game as if it was a rock song. [via CreateDigitalMusic]

03-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: game, gameplay, experimental

Black Box Board Game

"Black Box is a game of 'hide and seek' for one or two players, which simulates shooting rays into a black box to deduce the locations of atoms hidden inside."

03-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: game, retro

Gorillas (PS)

That were the days. The mighty gorillas, having their fight on heavy desktop PCs. I remember, that this was also frequently used to get kids into programming. [via]

02-2008 [Go there]

Score: 4.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: game, pixel, retro, 8-bit

Donkey Kong With Beatbox Sounds

Funny this. A classic game of Donkey Kong dubbed with beatbox sounds.

02-2008 [Go there]

Score: 5.0 (Number of votes: 2)

Tags: gameplay, experimental

Stunt Car Racer

02-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: game, amiga

20 Underused Game Mechanics

A quick and good reading for game developers or people thinking/reading/writing about it.

02-2008 [Go there]

Score: 4.5 (Number of votes: 2)

Tags: gamedev, gamedesign, experimental

Digareg

Digital Games Research Network from Germany. They just started over.

01-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: game, research, theory

Shotgun Ninja

"A fun little ninja game. Use your skills to maneuver a grand fortress to get back at your accountant for robbing you of your pride and money." A very fun game! Btw, music by Goto80.

01-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: game, download, gamedesign

Play with Fire

An interesting variation of a block game where you have to "burn-down" the blocks on the screen. I haven't played it yet, so I can't answer the question: but is it fun?

01-2008 [Go there]

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Tags: game, experimental

Contra Glitch

A box that got Konami's Contra inside with knobs to glitch.

01-2008 [Go there]

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Tags: pixel, art, installation, game, glitch

Populous and Landscape Graphics

Populous with its unique style of drawing is still a landmark in computer-based nature modelling. [via]

01-2008 [Go there]

Score: 4.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: graphic, landscape, 3d, game

Cities in Games

This is an impressive collection of cities in games on the Digital Urban Weblog.

01-2008 [Go there]

Score: 5.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: 3d, city, game

Interview with Derek Yu

Very interesting video-podcast. 1UP interviews Derek Yu (the very same, that runs the Independend Gaming Source) on Aquaria and context. [via]

12-2007 [Go there]

Score: 4.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: game, artist, interview

The Games of the Gamma256 Competition

Finally there, read at the TIGSource.

12-2007 [Go there]

Score: 4.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: game, download, experimental

Pepere Games

A bunch of interesting, puzzly - arcade games.

12-2007 [Go there]

Score: 4.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: game, experimental, gameplay

Aquaria is out

And it looks really nice.

12-2007 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: game, artist

Star Wars (Atari 2600) (How To Beat Home Video Games 1)

An incredible old videogame on the Atari2600, but I find it really convincing how the enemies are designes that really can drive the gameplay.

12-2007 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: gamedesign, history

Flywrench

Very interesting experimental sound / gameplay.

12-2007 [Go there]

Score: 4.3 (Number of votes: 3)

Tags: game, music, experimental, download

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