Links for 2007-10-27

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• jwz – PSA: backups
  “The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don’t push it.” A guide to backups. Via Tom Armitage.
  (tags: backups howto guides mac osx via:infovore)
• Presentation: Gaming the Web: Using the Structure of Games to Design Better Web Apps
  Saffer’s presentation on the application of game structures to web apps. Good stuff. Via Armitage.
  (tags: games gamedesign structures applications interactiondesign ixd gd play rules systems mechanics aesthetics dynamics dansaffer via:infovore)
• The Tall Stump: walkthrough, review, discussion, hints and tips at Jay is Games
  Unusually deep puzzle action platform game that won the 4th casual game-play competition at Jay is Games. Good fun.
  (tags: platform action puzzle games competitions casual gaming play shooter)
• Webreakstuff » Oink and fixing the music industry
  Oliveira discusses Oink’s demise and what he thinks online music stores should learn from it: price, commodity and (most importantly) choice.
  (tags: price commodity choice music oink p2p bittorrent copyright culture)
• inkblurt » Seven Years, and How Social Software eats everything
  “Anybody thinking of social software as a special category of software design needs to wake up and smell the friends list.” — Hinton on the ubiquity of sosowa.
  (tags: andrewhinton socialsoftware socialmedia blogging blogs design)
• Blackwell Unbound – Wadjet Eye Games
  Point and click adventures are far from dead. Blackwell Unbound is an indie game that makes me nostalgic for the good old days of obsessive Gabriel Knight play.
  (tags: adventure games pointandclick indie)
• Moshi Monsters – Coming Soon
  Upcoming ‘virtual world’ by Mind Candy. Nothing much yet here but the teaser trailer shows some high-quality character design and animation.
  (tags: mindcandy virtualworlds animation design characters monsters cartoons)
• Guppy, and More – The Independent Gaming Source
  Game-play footage of a disturbing indie game in which you seem to be in semi-control of some Lovecraftian monster wreaking havoc on a forested hillside. Weird but wonderful.
  (tags: games indie lovecraftian monsters gameplay movies videos)
• Chronic Logic – Games
  Weird platform puzzle game where you play a black blob. Nice graphic style, fun music.
  (tags: games indie blobs weirdness)
• adaptive path » making the most of a design engagement
  “innovative products come from companies with one important characteristic — willpower: The perseverance and committed resources to see a breakthrough product launched”
  (tags: innovation companies consulting design clients)

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