Rollin Bishop
An Incredible Oral History of the Video Game ‘Street Fighter II’
Online video gaming publication Polygon has produced a fantastic feature on the history of the 1991 video game Street Fighter II. Writer Matt Leone notes…
Twitter Celebrates 8th Anniversary by Releasing Tool That Allows Users To Look Up Their First Tweet
Twitter has released a tool that allows users to easily look up the first tweet from any account in celebration of the social network’s 8th…
Cloak, An App Designed to Help Folks Avoid People They Would Rather Not See
Cloak is an app from co-founders Brian Moore and Chris Baker that grabs data from Instagram and Foursquare to alert users as to the location…
Project Morpheus, A Virtual Reality System Prototype for Sony’s PlayStation 4 Video Game Console
Sony unveiled Project Morpheus, a prototype virtual reality system for their PlayStation 4 video game console, in a presentation at the recent Game Developers Conference…
Laser Cat, A Bizarre Interactive Installation That Projects Art From a Giant Cat Head’s Laser Beam Eyes
“Laser Cat” is an interactive installation by public art creators Hungry Castle for the annual ADC Festival of Art + Craft in Advertising and Design…
The Rise of Video Game Economies by PBS Off Book
“The Rise of Video Game Economies” by PBS Off Book explores the history and current status of economies and currencies within video games like World…
What Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign Videos Would Look Like If They Were Honest
“You have no reason to trust us, but I’m providing an emotional appeal.” Comedians Alyssa Onofreo and Kyle Vorbach, with appearances from fellow jokesters Mike…
Anti-Gravity Wheel, A Video Exploring Gyroscopic Precession With a 42-Pound Spinning Wheel
Veritasium host Derek Muller attempts to lift a wheel weighing 42 pounds, and spinning at a few thousand rotations per minute thanks to some assistance…
Threadable, A Service Designed to Improve Traditional Group Mailing Lists
Threadable is a service from the company of the same name founded by Ian Baker, Nicole Aptekar, Jared Grippe, and Aaron Muszalski that’s specifically designed…
A Trilogy of Short Films That Imagine What Happens to Litter on the Streets of London When Nobody’s Looking
“Tiny Worlds” is a trilogy of short films from international video effects company Rushes that imagines literal tiny worlds on the streets of London. Specifically,…