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chess grandmasters and weight loss

This will probably be the most unusual thing you'll read today.

 

shape names

who knew?

retro games

John Guber is excited.

I wonder who the market is?  Older guys who played with games 20 and more years ago.. but I doubt many kids who play on their phones will be excited.

 

 

flowscape

I haven't tried Flowscape,  but it looks potentially interesting.  It's not a design program and doesn't allow you to import or export. The notes suggest it is limited, but intuitive and probably fun for awhile.

adaptive controllers

This is neat

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Computer gaming has long had an ethos of customization, and Ms. Hawley turned there during the six years she did not play console games. She can operate a keyboard and mouse, and people without use of their hands can benefit from eye-tracking and voice commands.

But console developers design their products for the masses, and people with disabilities had long been overlooked. In 1989, Nintendo released a hands-free controller that players operated with their chins while blowing into and sucking from a tube, but for decades the market was ceded to external creators.

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a kickstarter game campaign and my candidate for the most unusual kickstarter video of the year

From the guy who does Oatmeal

six years and dozens of doughnuts

The iOS game of the year involving raccoons, holes and doughnuts.  I'm not into this sort of game and won't go there, but a rather odd premise. eh..

a tip of the hat to John

 

modripong

like the title suggests...

 

firewatch

I've heard great things about Firewatch from serious gamers and well as those who are ungamers.  I haven't played it - our machines are too old to meet the minimum spec, but you might want to check out this from The Atlantic as well as the developer's site.  They sold a half million copies on the first day and covered their development costs.  Nice seeing something simple rather than a tech festooned first person shooter.

jigsaw puzzle not for the color blind..

Mentioned a long time ago, the 1,000 color piece jigsaw puzzle is back and available in the US.