Random linkage
There have been shed loads of good links running round the office this week, some gaming, some photography and some just straight up bizarre.
- Phosphor
- Absolutely mental 1st person, Quake style, shooter. I’m terrible at this kind of game. Always have been, a general game for me goes something like this. "Huh, what, oh right, I wanna go over there. Oh, there’s a baddy, Why cant I hit him. Huh, What!" Screen turns red. But if it’s your kinda thing, go nuts!
- Everybody panic
- The simple things in life are often the best, or so they say. This is a really simple, some what frustrating, little game. Find your way around a course without hitting anything. Sounds simple but is definitely tricky enough to be addictive. I sometimes wonder about the kind of work that goes into developing blockbuster games, when something like this can be so entertaining, and it is literally moving a dot around a screen.
- Get the glass
- Beautifully art directed, rendered, scripted and thought out 3D board game about getting a glass of milk. You even learn some stuff along the way. So I went all the way through and completed it and they only send the prize to US citizens. Bummer!
- Crazy Photos
- These are mad, M.C. Escher inspired mathematic photo shopping. Part of me wants to make one, but then another says is there really any point. Is there really any point to anything? Just kidding! Let’s just stick it in the too hard basket for now. Thanks Joe for the link
- Cute T-Shirts
- Some nice little t-shirt designs, I particularly like the Star Wars abandon ship one
- Cool Google maps hack
- Easy little hack to zoom in further on particular google maps. I tried it and was able to zoom 1 increment further than the ordinary zoom. Kinda cool.
- Nice Motion graphics show reel
- Not only is the work nice but cruises along nicely to some funky old school. Don’t know the name of the track but it’s the track that gets sampled in DJ Kool’s "Let me clear my throat". Thanks Robi for the link.
- You Packing heat?
- Bizarre thread on cycling forums about carrying a gun whilst cycling. Because clearly, we live in a truly f*cked up world, or you know there might be bears and stuff around? My favorite quote is this little beauty "I feel that I am fit and aware of my surroundings enough that I can get away from most knuckleheads with my bike. If they can run fast enough to catch me, or if they surprise me, then I deserve to get mugged." Yeah right on spaz!.
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