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TUAW's Daily App: Game Dev Story

by Mike Schramm (Oct 15th, 2010)

Man, I love everything about Game Dev Story -- from the excellent premise to the cute, pixelated aesthetic to the great simulation gameplay. The idea is that you run your own game studio, and that idea is executed flawlessly. You hire your staff, choose a game genre (or do some contract work if you ...

TUAW's Daily App: The Incident

by Mike Schramm (Aug 11th, 2010)

The Incident makes for one of the best reasons to be a gamer and own an iPhone -- it's a purely indie affair, with excellent pixel graphics and game design by Neven Mrgan and Matt Comi and terrific chiptunes by Cabel Sasser. And it's a wacky little concoction that doesn't sound like it will work, ...

GDC 2010: Canabalt postmortem

by Mike Schramm (Mar 11th, 2010)

"What kinds of games do you like?" Adam "Atomic" Saltsman asked of his panel audience at the Canabalt postmortem during the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco. "Role-playing" was yelled out, as was "puzzler," and eventually Saltsman picked "platformer" as the genre. Without another word, ...

Project Blinkenlights presents "Stereoscope," and you're invited

by Brett Terpstra (Oct 3rd, 2008)

A massive spectacle is brewing in Canada. From the 4th of October through the 12th, the two towers of Toronto's city hall will become grandiose pixel displays with the help of Project Blinkenlights. Dubbed "Stereoscope," the installation will use wirelessly-controlled lights placed behind the ...

Apple Patent for Mixed Camera/Pixel Display

by Fabienne Serriere (Jan 26th, 2006)

Sometimes I really hope Apple comes out with some of the things they file at the US Patent Office. One such example is this crazy cool "integrated sensing display" with mixed pixels and miniature cameras. [warning: patent images best viewed with Safari] In the patent filing itself, Apple ...