August 2011
7 posts
http://gamecognito.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/the-rea... →
Discussed: QR codes, ARIS, Tagwhat, Nintendo 3DS.
They've found me: the Libyans!
Anyone who’s been to Echo Park has seen 826 LA’s Time Travel Mart. We even used it as a clue location in one of our first ever Clockwise games! But now there’s another way to travel through time - and no, it’s not through the cross-time adventures of Colonel Tick-Tock.
No, this chrono-lunacy is brought to you by Superfreako Productions: they’ve created a QR code...
Urban Dare in Long Beach Sat August 20th! →
Lights on, nobody home
Having a fleet of planes on autopilot is - maybe - okay if you’re, say, bombing Libya. I think: I can’t say for sure, I have a lot of stars and badges on various games but I am not actually a general.
But if you’re running an organization and your captains are all just going through the motion, you’ve got a serious problem.
Well, according to this study by the Gallup...
Risky Business
Thanks to friend Silvie Z. for drawing this to my attention!
Though I am, I admit, a pretty regular Foursquare player - and I do get a thrill each time I surpass one of my friends - I am keenly aware of its shortcomings as a game. It never ends, for one thing, though I suppose being played in one-week rounds is kind of like an ending; the same could be said for Ken Jennings’s weekly quiz.
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A genius any way you look at it
Start your week off right by reading this inspiring WSJ article about a man at the top of his game.
“Growing up in Los Angeles, Mr. Kim was obsessed with magic and mathematics. He began drawing mazes and creating crossword puzzles in the second grade. In the sixth grade, he made his first original puzzle. As a college student, he wrote letters to Martin Gardner, the author and...
