Browsing Gaming

Song Summoner Music × (Squenix + RPG) = frickin’ genius. I though about doing something similar as a Mint Pepper a while back. Mapping data from each of the default panes to different stats—Referrers to strength, Pages to agility, Searches to intelligence and Visits to hit points (obviously)—and then pitting Mint installations against each other. Shoulda-woulda-coulda. 

Be A Design Cast 45 The Boys from the Be A Design Group sat me down after Think Tank Nashville back in September to talk shop. FFVI FTW! 

Voices of the Lifestream “…an OverClocked ReMix Album featuring free fan arrangements from the soundtrack to Square’s legendary Final Fantasy VII for the Sony Playstation.” 

Lost Garden A blog about game design. Danc effortlessly explores and explains why people play games (and interact with technology in general). Great content abounds. 

Duck Hunt on the iPhone Just in case you can’t get iPhoNES up and running. 

The Final Fantasy Retrospective Game Trailers is doing a thirteen part retrospective on Final Fantasy with a new episode every Sunday. Clips clock in at about ten minutes each—when all is said and done, we could be looking at a two hour documentary on Squenix’s favorite franchise. 

Chore Wars Time-tracking meets WoW. 

Making Wii-friendly Pages A reasonably thorough review of the Wii Browser’s capabilities over at Dev.Opera. 

The Memory Card “…is an opportunity to dissect and honor some of the most amazing moments in gaming — be it artistic, innovative, or just plain memorable.” Leaning heavily on the SNES for the first two articles but that’s fine with me. 

Penny Arcade Expo Keynote by Wil Wheaton. The Minibosses are headlining. Oh, and it’s only $50 for a 3-day pass. Just another excuse to visit Seattle.