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Velociraptor Safari – Epic Roadkill!

Jon — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:46:29 +0000

I had to share this with everyone as it is AWESOME!

It’s a game where you drive a truck around and kill feathered velociraptors. You also have a ball and chain attached to your truck you can swing around and clothesline raptors with. It sounds wierd but once you play it is just pure happiness! Best of all it runs in your browser… oh my.

Check out the video then hit the link to play the game.

Off-Road Velociraptor Safari from Matthew Wegner on Vimeo.

Velociraptor Safari Awesomeness!

What Would You Do With Charles Barkley?

Jon — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:57:17 +0000

So let’s say you had to make a game around Charles Barkley, what kind of game would you make? Maybe a basketball game, maybe a coaching simulator? You’d be wrong.

The correct answer is make an RPG set in futuristic post-apocolyptic New York City where Charles goes around saving the world from basketball head zombies!

Now that you’re enthralled by the awesomeness download the game here.

Air Guitar Hero Makes You Rock Even Faker

Jon — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:38:33 +0000

[via Gearlog]

Looks like Guitar Hero is expanding their brand. I can’t blame them they have quite the powerful brand. Anyway this thing looks freaking awesome and I think I may just be dorky enough to buy one

It’s basically a belt buckle, pick and speaker that you strap to yourself then you can rock out by playing air guitar while it plays sweet rock melodies!

Check it out.

The Superstitions of Gamers

Jon — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:55:20 +0000

I just ran across this post by Nick Yee of the Daedalus Project about research he’s done on superstitions of MMO gamers. This is when groups of gamers have certain beliefs about how things work in a game even though they have no reason to believe (and even if the programmers have said) that these things don’t effect the game. I know I’ve run across a lot of these myself while playing online games and can even sympathize with some myself (though I don’t think I’ve ever really believed any of them.) Here’s one of my favorites.

My favorite rituals would probably be the various ‘spawn dances’ in EQ. People were very superstitious about what caused mobs (NPCs) to respawn (moreso in the early days, but it did continue), and would concoct rituals–spawn dances–to encourage spawns. They varied wildly – some people had special gear sets they used, others had sets and sequences of movements and animations (via animated emotes, spellcasting, terrain), ways to move or not move (must stay sitting, still, as much as possible; or must move continually/every X seconds), etc. [WoW, M, 23]

It’s a very interesting look at B.F. Skinner psychology and the psychology of gamers and people in general. It’s also a highly entertaining read so I’d recommend you check it out.

Superstitions of Gamers

3D Email – Fight Spam with Sharks!?

Jon — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:04:26 +0000

3D Mailbox has released a new email client that lets you view your email as if each message was a character in a game world. You can feed your spam to sharks and apparently watch hot women swim? Now I believe that by incorporating game design elements into business software the productivity of the user can be improved. However I’m not sure this is how to do it. Either way it’s certainly hilarious. The even have a free version you can try out here that lets you access only the first level.

There’s a little more info about each of the levels here.
3D Mailbox: You’re Kidding, Right?