David Crane, game writer, co-founder of Atari, founder of Activision on creating his mega-hit from the 80s “Pitfall”. He explains all the immense hardware limitations and how some smart-ass tricks produced one of the earliest most enticing games.
The JavaScript Inferno
Now over a year old but still a very good presentation by Rob Conery on the madness of JS frameworks. It compares Knockout, Backbone, Angular and Ember with examples. WDCNZ 2013: The JavaScript Inferno from WDCNZ on Vimeo.
Monochroma
In an imaginary dismal industrial world, a child needs to help his injured younger brother throughout a maze of dangers … a game that sounds like a lot of laughs 🙂 Presenting Monochroma. The concept and all the art work certainly merit a peek …
Simon Sinek: Why good leaders make you feel safe
Marco Tempest: And for my next trick, a robot
Happy birthday B.A.S.I.C.
[B]eginners [A]ll-purpose [S]ymbolic [I]nstruction [C]ode turns 50!
Lost In Motion II
from Krystal Levy Pictures and The National Ballet of Canada.
Lawrence Lessig: We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim
The Returning Tree
The Returning Tree by Yuri Serizawa
Olho Biónico / Bionic Eye
Investigadores nos Estados Unidos desenvolvem sistemas que permitem uma recuperação parcial da visão a pessoas que cegaram devido a doenças degenerativas da retina. O mais promissor (e espectacular) é um sistema que implanta um chip no interior do globo ocular. O chip funciona na prática como uma câmara digital que capta as imagens em substituição… Continue reading Olho Biónico / Bionic Eye