auntie pixelante › level design lesson: to the right, hold on tight – A detailed analysis of the opening level of Super Mario Brothers. Wow. I never thought about clever it was. So much thought went into it!
Month: September 2015 (page 4 of 7)
The ethics of modern web ad-blocking – Marco.org – In other news, I just installed Ghostery. I think of it as psychic penance for working (in the past) on websites with a truly evil set of tracking/advertising scripts.
A brief history of yarn in video games – Offworld – The sight of that Nintendo Knitting Machine ad made me hyperventilate until I got to the admission that it was never manufactured. DAMN.
Unravel looks pretty cool though!
- The ☀️ is shining and Abbott is gone. Today is a magnificent day ❤️ ->
Eric Schmidt: Apple Music’s human curation is ‘elitist’ – Oh, PLEASE. I signed up to the three month Apple Music trial, and I’ve been really surprised how good it is. I mainly stick to the “For You” tab and the playlists it suggests to me, and I’ve discovered a lot more new-to-me music than I ever did on Spotify (or my very limited use of Google Play). I love the fact that the lists are curated by humans. How in the world would an algorithm ever put together That’s so Fetch: Songs for Mean Girls? That title alone is worth a month’s subscription, frankly.
Lark Sew-Along: Working with Knits | grainline – Just realised I’ve got the perfect bit of jersey in my stash for this, so I bought the pattern! Time to actually make something with the overlocker.
Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” Is Our Most Misread Poem – Starting the day with Mario and then poetry, because I’m deep like that.
30 years, 30 memorable facts about Super Mario Bros. | Ars Technica – Man, I loved that game. I could beat it without losing a single life.