Extra Future[Being a wiki resource on the topic of Gamification:][link] What is Gamification? Glad you asked:
>Gamification is the concept that you can apply the basic elements that make games fun and engaging to things that typically aren’t considered a game.
Bit of an unwieldy word, but descriptive enough.
[link]: http://gamification.org/wiki/Encyclopedia “The Gamification Encyclopedia – Gamification.org”
[Great use of YouTube’s annotations system][link] for a skillfully-crafted NES game. Could this be the start of a new longplay genre? See also: [Gimmick!][gim] on Wikipedia.
The ROM is available on the web using a simple Google search. I’ll leave you to that.
[gim]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimmick! “Gimmick!”
[link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYcf2yUgblc “YouTube – Mr. Gimmick – Annotated NES Longplay (Pt. 1/4)”
[Great detail and some analysis from 2d boy][link]. Points of interest:
* A not-insignificant portion of purchases were for less than 30 cents, which PayPal took all of.
* There are a lot of charts and stuff in the post, I love them for the amount of detail they’ve gone into and shared with the rest of us.
* They say 57,000 copies at about 2.03 per copy. By my math, that’s $115,710, not counting PayPal fees OR the spike in their Steam (+40%) and WiiWare (+9%) sales over the same period. Not a bad chunk of change.
* They’ve extended the sale to October 25th. If you haven’t bought it yet, the only way to redeem yourself is to do so now, and pay more than $2.03.
Overall, sounds like a win for everybody.
[link]: http://2dboy.com/2009/10/19/birthday-sale-results/ “2D Boy: I love you, 2D Boy! » Blog Archive » Pay-What-You-Want Birthday Sale Results”
[All of the java components][link] that won [the contest][contest]. Watch the slow-mo video if you want to weep for humanity’s eventual end.
[link]: http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rb1006/projects:marioai “Robins Pages! :: projects:marioai”
[contest]: http://julian.togelius.com/mariocompetition2009/index.php “Mario Competition 2009”
[An experiment in beating the original Super Mario Bros. for the NES while getting the lowest possible score][link]. This guy managed to do it while only getting 700 points. Just getting one power-up mushroom gives the player 1,000 points, so this is no mean feat.
[link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0E2SCGKtLI “YouTube – Worst Super Mario Player Ever”
[Praise Lemmy, our long national nightmare is over.][link] No longer shall we worry about the release date of Brütal Legend being pushed back indefinitely.
[link]: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/06/activision-and-double-fine-settle-brutal-legend-lawsuit/ “Activision and Double Fine settle Brutal Legend lawsuit”
[This is getting out of hand][link].
[link]: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/13/modern-warfare-2-prestige-edition-includes-working-night-vision/ “Modern Warfare 2: Prestige Edition includes working night vision goggles, original Call of Duty for PSN/XBLA”
[The return of the video game prototype contest/community that spawned World of Goo and Crayon Physics][link].
via [Andy Baio][andy]
[link]: http://experimentalgameplay.com/blog/ “Experimental Gameplay Project”
[andy]: http://waxy.org “Waxy dot org”
[20- years on, one of the writers gives it a spin][link]. I’d give a lot for a Valve-style commentary system in the upcoming remake.
[link]: http://grumpygamer.com/8280380 “Grumpy Gamer Stuff and Things and Monkey Island”
[John Harris concludes his look at the 2009 7-Day Roguelike competition][link].
[link]: http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/06/column_play_2009_7drl_winners_1.php “GameSetWatch – COLUMN: @Play: 2009 7DRL Winners, Part Three”
[Johnny’s a crazy smart guy, and this is a fun bit of insight into the project][link].
via [Andy Baio][andy].
[link]: http://procrastineering.blogspot.com/2009/06/project-natal.html “Procrastineering – Project blog for Johnny Chung Lee: Project Natal”
[andy]: http://waxy.org “Waxy”
[This is very good news if you’re a fan of roguelikes][link]. Shiren The Wanderer for the DS is one of my favorite games.
[link]: http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/06/atlus_announces_shiren_the_wan.php “GameSetWatch – Atlus Announces Shiren the Wanderer Wii for Spring 2010”
For diff’rent folks:
[Watch Steve Wiebe attempt a Donkey Kong world record, live][wiebe].
[wiebe]: http://www.justin.tv/g4tv_wiebecam “Live Wiebecam”
[Woof, this is a big deal][link]. There is a lot of culture and history in these sites.
[link]: http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/06/igngamespy_shutting_down_class.php “GameSetWatch – IGN/GameSpy Shutting Down Classicgaming Fan Sites”
[Tecmo Super Coach is a ROM hack][link] for Tecmo Super Bowl (NES) that adds and changes a whole bunch of stuff.
[link]: http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/06/tecmo_super_coach_updates_rost.php “GameSetWatch – Tecmo Super Coach Updates Roster, Gameplay”
[Jonathan Blow’s 2008 independent games masterpiece is now available for the Mac][link]. If you haven’t played it yet, you are missing out, and you no longer have an excuse.
[link]: http://playgreenhouse.com/buy/NNONE-000001-01/mac/ “www.playgreenhouse.com”